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Backsword

noun
1.
A stick used instead of a sword for fencing.  Synonyms: fencing stick, singlestick.
2.
A sword with only one cutting edge.





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"Backsword" Quotes from Famous Books



... velvet, and garnished with vellum holes; his boots bore an infinite resemblance, both in colour and shape, to a pair of leather buckets; his shoulder was graced with a broad buff belt, from whence depended a huge hanger with a hilt like that of a backsword; and on each side of his pommel appeared a rusty pistol rammed in a case covered with a bearskin. The loss of his tie-periwig and laced hat, which were curiosities of the kind, did not at all contribute ...
— The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, Volume I • Tobias Smollett


Words linked to "Backsword" :   blade, singlestick, sword, brand, steel, stick


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