Languet

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun That part of the hilt, in certain kinds of swords, which overlaps the scabbard.

II. Languet ·noun Anything resembling the tongue in form or office; specif., the slip of metal in an organ pipe which turns the current of air toward its mouth.

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  • languet

    A small slip of metal on the hilt of a sword, which overhangs the scabbard; the ear of a sword. ...

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