and crossguard, which occurred with widely variant blade length, and which by the early 16th century had split into the two discrete classes of the short Swiss dagger (Schweizerdolch) and the long Swiss degen (Schweizerdegen), indicating a semantic split between the formerly synonymous terms Dolch and Degen. The baselard proper falls out of use by the early 16th century. The term baselard and its variations persist for some time, but lose their connection with a specific type of knife. French baudelaire could now refer to a curved, single-edged hewing knife. Basilarda is the name of a sword in Orlando Furioso. Also in English, the term could now refer to a Turkish weapon like the yatağan. A very late occurrence of the term is found in 1602, in the context of a duel fought in Scotland, in Canonbie. The document recording the agreement on the weapons used in the duel mentions "two baslaerd swords with blades a yard and half quarter long". After this, use of the term is restricted to antiquarian contexts. See also Swiss arms and armour List of daggers Medieval dagger References Bibliography Lionello G. Boccia, Armi d'attaco, da difesa e da fuoco, la collezione d'armi del Museo d'Arte Medievale e Moderna di Modena, Modena 1996, nr. 80. Harold Dillon, ‘On some of the Smaller Weapons of the Middle Ages,’ The reliquary and illustrated archæologist (1887). https://archive.org/details/reliquaryandill01unkngoog Jürg A. Meier, Sammlung Carl Beck, Sursee (1998). http://www.waffensammlung-beck.ch/waffe197.html Michael 'Tinker' Pearce, The Medieval Sword in the Modern World (2007), , pp. 34, 65f. Daggers Medieval blade weapons de:Schweizerdolch