sword-breaker
English
Noun
sword-breaker (plural sword-breakers)
- A short sword or dagger, with a deeply notched or toothed blade, designed to catch or grapple the opponent's weapon.
- 1884, Robert F. Burton, The Book of the Sword, page 138
- The deepest indentations are in the so-called Sword-breakers (brise-épées), mostly of the fifteenth century.
- 1884, Robert F. Burton, The Book of the Sword, page 138