tang buttonとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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tang button (複数形 tang buttons)

1. A part of a sword close to the hilt.
   • 1989, Gayatri Nath Pant, Mughal Weapons in the Bābur-nāmā, South Asia Books:

     56. Kõrā having very heavy single - edged blade . 57 . Sosun pattā , cylindrical hilt , recurved quillons . 58. Hilt consisting of a small tang button , a dome - shaped pommel and a cylindrical grip . 59. Hilt , comprising a small […]

   • 1995, John R. Angolia, In the Service of the Reich: Diplomatic & Government Officials, German Red Cross, R James Bender Pub:

     At the top center of the pommel was a tang button , flush to the top , and with two holes to accommodate a spanner wrench . The tang button tightened on the blade tang , thus securing the entire assembled hilt .

   • 2010, Jan Piet Puype; Harm Stevens, Arms and Armour of Knights and Landsknechts in the Netherlands Army Museum, Eburon Uitgeverij B.V., →ISBN, page 143:

     The tang button on top has no functionl A hilt B crossguard C grip D blade E tang F point G edges H fullers J tang button K washerfortang button L pommel M grip hafts with rosettes N grip strip O grip scale P rivets Cinquedea.

   • 1981, David H. Caldwell, Scottish Weapons and Fortifications, 1100-1800, John Donald:

     A distinctive feature is that the plates and sides are prolonged to the tip of the tang , thus imitating and at the same time dispensing with a tang button . But it is the cross which gives the sword its especial — and particularly […]