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What is a crossguard?

What is a crossguard? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A bar of metal, at right-angles, between the blade and the hilt of a sword that stops an opponent's blade from sliding down and injuring the hand of the person wielding the sword.
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The hilt was usually without a pommel or crossguard, whilst the tang went all the way through the smaller seax handles and was clenched over at the end of the grip.
This done he attached a crossguard, handle and pommel of a simple sword.
The animal would then be dispatched with a venabulum, a short spear with a crossguard at the base of the blade.

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