Basilard
a medieval dagger having a tapering blade with straight transverse quillons and a t -shaped pommel.
historical examples
sometimes a clergyman had not only a basilard habitually hanging at his girdle, but also a sword for use on occasion.
parish priests and their people in the middle ages in england edward l. cutts
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