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Sabre

Scope note

Swords with a long, broad, single-edged blade, usually at least slightly curved, and a hilt with a cup-shaped pommel and a quillon arching down to the pommel to form a knuckle guard, designed mainly for delivering cutting blows.

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Term type

AAT
Object name

Getty AAT term number

300037086

Broader Terms used

<swords by form>

Narrower Terms used

scimitars

Equivalent Terms used

saber

Created

13yrs ago

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