swordbreaker

English

Noun

swordbreaker (plural swordbreakers)

1. Alternative form of sword-breaker
   • 1977, Alain Silver, The Samurai Film‎^[1], South Brunswick, A. S. Barnes, →ISBN, page 99:

     When he is accused of being “still a hick, like your old man,” he recoils violently from the thought of reliving his father’s insignificant life. “Today I’m famous for being crazy,” he replies, ‘‘tomorrow I’ll be famous as a swordsman.” For a while, Musashi considers using his father’s swordbreaker in his duel but discards the iron fork, after he melodramatically announces that “I can give up my life—but not my name.”

   • 2000, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Dragon Weather, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 379:

     and lock blades, but unevenly, so that his opponent would have an opportunity to use his swordbreaker in the way that gave it its name. Except while he was doing that, Arlian would be able to plunge his own swordbreaker into Horim's side […]

   • 2019, Carla Hoch, Fight Write: How to Write Believable Fight Scenes, Penguin, →ISBN:

     Two examples are the Chinese swordbreaker and the European swordbreaker. The Chinese swordbreaker was about thirty-four inches (86cm) and weighed around three-and-a half pounds (1600 grams).