[Fr. (1611 in Cotgr.), app. f. quille ninepin: see KAYLES.] One or other of the two arms forming the cross-guard of a sword.
1888. Archæologia, LI. I. 513. The quillons, which start from a rectangular block through which the blade passes.
1894. R. S. Ferguson, Charters of Carlisle, 292. His sword which has plain straight quillons, hangs at his left side.
