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sub-hilt

sub-hilt noun: an additional section of guard located along the length of the grip of a sword's blade, rather than up the blade as with a fluke.

Noun

sub-hilt (plural sub-hilts)

  1. An additional section of guard located along the length of the grip of a sword's blade, rather than up the blade as with a fluke.

Forms of sub-hilt

pluralsub-hilts

Origin of sub-hilt

From sub- + hilt.

Questions about sub-hilt

What does sub-hilt mean?
Sub-hilt means an additional section of guard located along the length of the grip of a sword's blade, rather than up the blade as with a fluke.
What part of speech is sub-hilt?
Sub-hilt is a noun.
What is the plural of sub-hilt?
The plural of sub-hilt is sub-hilts.

Words near sub-hilt in the dictionary

  1. sub-gigahertz
  2. sub-governorate
  3. sub-governorates
  4. sub-group
  5. sub-groups
  6. sub-hilt
  7. sub-hilts
  8. sub-imperialism
  9. sub-imperialisms
  10. sub-inspector
  11. sub-inspectors

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