badelaire means A short sword with a heavy, curved blade and S-shaped quillions.
Etymology
Borrowed from French badelaire, baudelaire, a corruption of earlier (14th century) baselard.
noun
- 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.”
- This sword used as a heraldic charge.