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Peter Dekker's Glossary
An online reference covering antique arms and armor, maintained and updated regularly.

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Turu
Turu
Manchu word for saber lanyard.
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Twist-core steel
A type of pattern-welding using twisted rods of steel.
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Ul pihiya
Sinhala for "sharp knife".
Tunkou
Ulhun
Manchu for tūnkǒu (吞口), a collar piece on the base of a sword or saber blade.
Upper Three Banners
Upper Three Banners
Three of the Qing dynasty Eight Banners that were under the direct control of the emperor.
Valiant Cavalry
Valiant Cavalry (Qing)
The main force of the Eight Banners, consisting mainly of mounted warriors with bow and lance.
Quillons
Vari sārkawa
Sinhala for the quillons on a Sinhalese sword.
Vijayanagara katar
Vijayanagara katar
A peculiar style of hooded push dagger that originated in South India, under the Vijayanagara empire.
Xiāngbáiqí
Xiāngbáiqí (鑲白旗)
"Bordered White Banner", a Qing dynasty military and administrative division.
Xiānghóngqí
Xiānghóngqí (鑲紅旗)
"Bordered Red Banner", a Qing dynasty military and administrative division.
Bordered Red Banner
Xiānghuángqí (鑲黃旗)
"Bordered Yellow Banner", a Qing dynasty military and administrative division.
Xiānglánqí
Xiānglánqí (鑲藍旗)
"Bordered Blue Banner", a Qing dynasty military and administrative division.
Valiant Cavalry
Xiāoqíyíng (驍騎營)

Language: Mandarin Chinese
Source: Classical literature

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Yànchìdāo (雁翅刀)
Chinese saber type with a gently curved blade and clipped tip.
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Yànlíngdāo (雁翎刀)
A Chinese saber type that translates as "goose-feather saber".
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Yànmáodāo (雁毛刀)
A Chinese saber type with a mainly straight blade that curves up at the tip. It literally means "goose-quill-saber".
Yanyuedao
Yǎnyuèdāo (偃月刀)

Language: Mandarin Chinese
Source: Classical literature

Yanyuedao
Yǎnyuèdāo (掩月刀)
Name by which the yǎnyuèdāo (偃月刀) first appears in the 11th century.
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Yāodāo (腰刀)
Literally "waist saber", the standard military saber of the Qing.
Qing saber lanyard
Yāodāo xìzi (腰刀繫子)
Qing Chinese for saber lanyard.
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Yútóudāo (魚頭刀)
A subtype of Chinese sabers with a peaked spine.
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Zhǎnmǎdāo (斬馬刀)
Literally, "horse cutting blade". The name of various classical Chinese weapons.
Zhèngbáiqí
Zhèngbáiqí (正白旗) 
"Plain White Banner", a Qing dynasty military and administrative division.
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Zhènghóngqí (正紅旗)
"Plain Red Banner", a Qing dynasty military and administrative division.
Zhènghuángqí
Zhènghuángqí (正黃旗)
"Plain Yellow Banner", a Qing dynasty military and administrative division.

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