"sword-breaker" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sword-breakers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sword-breaker (plural sword-breakers)
  1. A short sword or dagger with a deeply notched or toothed blade, or with secondary projections, designed to catch or grapple an opponent's weapon. Categories (topical): Weapons
    Sense id: en-sword-breaker-en-noun-BD9dmj-W Disambiguation of Weapons: 65 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 84 16 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 89 11
  2. (uncommon) A notch or projection on a dagger (etc) designed to catch an opponent's weapon. Tags: uncommon
    Sense id: en-sword-breaker-en-noun-0lJoj6tG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: swordbreaker, sword breaker

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