| 单词 |
basket-hilt |
| 释义 |
ˈbasket-ˌhilt [f. basket n. 3.] A hilt provided with a defence for the swordsman's hand, consisting of narrow plates of steel curved into the shape of basket.
1663Butler Hud. i. i. 353 With basket-hilt, that would hold broth, And serve for fight and dinner both. 1708W. King Cookery (1807) 81 Their beef, they often in their murrions stew'd, And in their basket-hilts their bev'rage brew'd. 1820Scott Monast. xiv, My father's broad-sword with its great rusty basket-hilt. b. attrib. = next.
c1550Rob. Hood (Ritson) iii. 41 Then Robin got on his basket-hilt sword. 1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, ii. iv. 141 You Basket-hilt stale Iuggler, you! 1711Steele Spect. No. 109 ⁋4 His Viol hangs by his Basket-hilt sword. |

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