schiavonas

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Scope note
Broadswords with a distinctive basket hilt and, usually, a double-edged, pointed blade, named after the Slavonian bodyguards of the Doge of Venice who used them; surviving examples date from the late 15th to the late 18th century.
schiavonas
Accepted term: 02-Dec-2024