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A ''']''', or basket-hilted sword, is an early modern European sword.
'''Broadsword''' may refer to:
:A weapon:
*] (basket-hilted sword), a military sword used by heavy cavalry during the 17th to early 19th centuries
In more modern times, it has also been used to refer to:
*], the single-handed cruciform sword of the High Middle Ages in Europe{{Dubious|date=July 2011}}
*], a category of single-edged Chinese swords, is often translated to English, as broadsword.{{Dubious|date=July 2011}}


'''Broadsword''' may also refer to:
;as a proper name
* A type of medieval ] with a broad blade, designed more for cutting than thrusting
Broadsword Interactive, the developers of ]
* ], a single-edged Chinese sword
*], a 1946 British Royal Navy ship
* ], a Scottish basket-hilted sword
*], a 1975 British Royal Navy ship
*''HMS Broadsword'', a fictional Royal Navy Destroyer in Jeffrey Archer's ]


== See also == ==Entertainment==
*], an American comic book publisher
*]
*'']'', a 1982 role-playing game adventure for ''Traveller''
*]
*"Broadsword", a song by Jethro Tull from their 1982 album '']''
*]
*Broadsword Interactive Limited, a British video game developer; see ]
*Broadsword Online Games, an American video game developer succeeding ]


==Ships==
{{Disambiguation}}
*], also known as the Type 22 frigate
]
*], a list of ships named HMS ''Broadsword''
]

==Other uses==
*] (born 1958), American politician

==See also==
*{{section link|Classification of swords|Broadsword}}
*], a 1943 Empire ship

{{disambiguation|surname}}

Latest revision as of 21:52, 1 December 2024

A broadsword, or basket-hilted sword, is an early modern European sword.

Broadsword may also refer to:

Entertainment

Ships

Other uses

See also

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