quillon
English
Alternative forms
- quillion
Etymology
From French, from quille + -on.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kiːˈjɒn/
- Rhymes: -ɒn
Noun
quillon (plural quillons)
- The guard of a sword or other bladed weapon designed to protect the hand from harm.
- Either of the two arms of such a guard.
- 1884, Robert F. Burton, The Book of the Sword, page 125:
- The quillons may be either straight (fig. 109) — that is, disposed at right angles — or curved (fig. 107).
- 1885, Egerton Castle, Schools and Masters of Fence: From the Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century, page 233:
- With regard to the quillons, it was obvious that with slight alteration they might be made to protect the hand very much more than they did in their straight condition.
- 1884, Robert F. Burton, The Book of the Sword, page 125:
Related terms
- crossguard
- hilt
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Noun
quillon m (plural quillons)
- quillon
Further reading
- “quillon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.