Poignard
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| Poignard | |
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 A Poignard with an ornamental sheath |
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| Type | Dagger |
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| Blade type | Double-edged, straight bladed |
A poignard, originally a French word, is a long lightweight dagger, or stabbing weapon, employed in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance as a weapon.[1] It was used by soldiers of the Vijayanagara Empire in South India in the 14th to 17th centuries.[2]
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- ^ Brass-hilted Poignard. Ancient Edge. Retrieved on 2007-01-10.
- ^ from the notes of Nuniz, K.A. Nilakanta Sastry, History of South India, From Prehistoric times to fall of Vijayanagar, 1955, OUP, (Reprinted 2002), p288
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