Citations:blade-breaker

a sword-breaker

 * 2003, Nigel Cawthorne, A History of Pirates: Blood and Thunder on the High Seas, Arcturus Publishing (ISBN 9781848584969)
 * These were called parrying daggers or blade-breakers. In sword fights,the sword was often used to make an opening or to push an opponent off balance. Then with the opponent in an exposed position, the dagger was thrust in for the kill.