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Boar-spear swords

Scope note

Hunting swords having a long, straight, slender blade widening to a heavy point like a spearhead, often with a cross bar at the base to prevent the impaled prey from running up the blade. BLEAA

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300037106

Broader Terms used

hunting swords

Equivalent Terms used

boar-spear sword

Created

13yrs ago

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