Assertion: rapier | /r/CapableOf | develop elaborate basket hilts
Facets:
value: by the 17th century
type: TEMPORAL
value: with the growing use of firearms
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: By the 17th century, with the growing use of firearms and the accompanying decline in the use of armour, many rapiers and dueling swords had developed elaborate basket hilts, which protect the palm of the wielder and rendered the gauntlet obsolete.