Backsword definitions

Backsword

1) Early Modern European sword 2) Fencing stick 3) Single-edged sword 4) Singlestick 5) Stick
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Backsword

1) Singlestick
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backsword

a stick used instead of a sword for fencing
a sword with only one cutting edge

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A backsword is a type of European sword characterized by having a straight single-edged blade and a hilt with a single-handed grip. It is so called because the triangular cross section gives a flat back edge opposite the cutting edge. Later examples often have a `false edge` on the back near the tip, which was in many cases sharpened to make an .....
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Backsword

A type of heavy sabre, generally single-edged with a
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Backsword

• (n.) In England, a stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements; also, the game in which the stick is used. Also called singlestick. • (n.) A sword with one sharp edge.
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Backsword

A sword with only one cutting edge, which has an unsharpened 'back' spine. The weapon is extremely similar to the messer, with the exception that the messer is usually made with a slight curve, whereas the backsword is almost always straight.
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Backsword

The backsword was so named because it only had one cutting edge. The non-cutting edge (the back of the blade) was much thicker than the cutting edge thus creating a wedge type shape which was said to increase the weapons cutting capacity. Also known as a "Mortuary Sword", or the German "Reitschwert."
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Backsword

The 18th century backsword is the indigenous traditional English and Scottish fencing art. A straight bladed cutting weapon usually with a baskethilt and single edge, it has many similarities but also marked differences from the sabre that followed it as the standard military weapon of the day.
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Backsword

Back'sword` noun [ 2d back , noun + sword .] 1. A sword with one sharp edge. 2. In England, a stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements; also, the game in which the stick is used. Also called singlestick . Halliwell.
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