What does rebated mean?
Rebated means Blunted, dulled (of a blade, weapon etc.)..
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/ˈɹiːbeɪtɪd/ · adjective
Blunted, dulled (of a blade, weapon etc.)..
Even with blunted lances and filed-down or ‘rebated’ blades, grave injury and death were all too frequent, and tended to ‘disturb the cheerfulness of such events’, as a contemporary Spanish herald understatedly put it.
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Rebated means Blunted, dulled (of a blade, weapon etc.)..
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Even with blunted lances and filed-down or ‘rebated’ blades, grave injury and death were all too frequent, and tended to ‘disturb the cheerfulness of such events’, as a contemporary Spanish herald understatedly put it.
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