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badelaire

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Borrowed from French badelaire, baudelaire, a corruption of earlier (14th century) baselard.

noun badelaires

  1. historical A short sword with a heavy, curved blade and S-shaped quillions. I heard the ring of steel on stone, as if someone had struck one of the grave markers with a badelaire.
  2. This sword used as a heraldic charge.

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"badelaire." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/badelaire. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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badelaire. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/badelaire

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"badelaire." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/badelaire.

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@misc{badelaire_2026,
  title = {badelaire},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/badelaire},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}