baselard

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UK/ˈbæsɪlɑː(ɹ)d/

noun

A type of heavy dagger popular in the 14th and 15th centuries.

OriginOld French baselard →
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Meanings

nounbaselard (plural baselards)

plural baselards · alternative basilard · alternative baslard

  1. A type of heavy dagger popular in the 14th and 15th centuries.

    1380s: "Sir John and Sir Geoffrey hath a girdle of silver, a baselard or a ballok knyf with buttons overgilt." (Piers Plowman)

Origin

  1. Old Frenchbaselard
  2. Englishbaselard

From Old French baselard, basilard (early 14th century), in English from the later 14th century. Occurs in many spelling variants, including badelaire, baudelaire, Latinized badelare, bazelare, basalardus, balafardus, balasardus, etc. Probably in origin a corruption of German Basler (as pasler also attested from the early 14th century), probably short for Basler messer "knife of (made in, typical of) Basel".

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APA

baselard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baselard

MLA

“baselard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baselard. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “baselard,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baselard.

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