Usually means: Crossguard on a sword's hilt.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (quillon)

noun:  Synonym of crossguard (“a metal bar fixed between, and at right angles to, the blade and the handle of a sword or other bladed weapon that stops an opponent's similar weapon from sliding along the blade and injuring the hand of the person wielding the sword”)
noun:  (chiefly in the plural) Either of the two arms of a crossguard.

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