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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
sword-belt

early 14c., from sword + belt (n.). Old English had sweordfætels "sword-belt."

Usage examples of "sword-belt".

Blaize slipped the buckles of his sword-belt, giving harur-nilgiri and harur-nazari to a young woman beside Tirzael.

The Marshall pauses and adjusts her formal sword-belt, then steps briskly along the corridor toward the doorway of the grand dining hall.

He had taken off his sword-belt, and the great sword Caliburn hung in its sheath on the wall beyond the bed.

He placed the helmet upon his head and buckled the sword-belt about his waist, then he faced the king, behind whom was a cheval glass.

His dark green silk coat was embroidered in gold on the sleeves, shoulders and high collar, a gold-inlaid buckle in the shape of a dragon fastened his sword-belt, and he had the Dragon Scepter in hand, a two-foot length of spearhead with a long green-and-white tassel below the polished steel point.

The other struggled to thrust him away, but Myles, letting go the gisarm, which he held with his left hand, clutched him tightly by the sword-belt in the intense, vise-like grip of despair.

Removing his sword-belt he lay down in the shade, rolled his cloak for a pillow, and dozed.

Karsa set the bar down on the tabletop, then crouched down beside one of the victims and began removing his sword-belt.

He handed it to Hwithelm, a handsome youth of noble family and impenetrable stupidity who had been forced upon him as his ceremonial swordbearer, and who was already carrying his sword-belt.

Dressing swiftly he strapped on a sword-belt then looped a baldric, with seven throwing knives, over his shoulder.