quillon

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French quillon (literally “little ninepin”), from quille (“club; ninepin, skittle”) (from the similar appearance) + -on (diminutive suffix). Quille is derived from Middle High German kegel (“club”), from Old High German kegil, from Proto-West Germanic *kagil (“pile, pole, stake; peg, pin”), from *kagō (“bush, shrub”) + *-il (diminutive suffix). === Pronunciation === Singular: (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkwɪlən/, (following the French word) /ˈkijɔ̃/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkwɪlən/ Hyphenation: quill‧on Plural: (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkwɪlənz/, (following the French word, same as the singular) /ˈkijɔ̃/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkwɪlənz/ Hyphenation: quill‧ons === Noun === quillon (plural quillons) (swords, chiefly historical) Synonym of crossguard (“a metal bar fixed between, and at right angles to, the blade and the handle of a sword or other bladed weapon that stops an opponent's similar weapon from sliding along the blade and injuring the hand of the person wielding the sword”). Synonym: guard Holonym: hilt Comeronyms: grip, pommel, ricasso (chiefly in the plural) Either of the two arms of a crossguard. Holonyms: crossguard, guard < hilt ==== Alternative forms ==== quillion ==== Translations ==== === Notes === === References === === Further reading === crossguard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia quillon (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == French == === Etymology === From Middle French quillon (literally “little ninepin”), from quille (“club; ninepin, skittle”) (from the similar appearance) + -on (diminutive suffix). By surface analysis, quille +‎ -on. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ki.jɔ̃/ === Noun === quillon m (plural quillons) quillon (“either of the two arms of a crossguard”) === Further reading === “quillon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012