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backsword

[ bak-sawrd, -sohrd ]

noun

  1. a sword with only one sharp edge; broadsword.
  2. (formerly) a cudgel having a basket hilt, used in fencing exhibitions.


backsword

/ ˈbækˌsɔːd /

noun

  1. another name for broadsword
  2. Also calledbackswordsman a person who uses the backsword
  3. a fencing stick with a basket-like protective hilt
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of backsword1

First recorded in 1590–1600; back 1 + sword
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Example Sentences

In old times there was, to a certain extent—in the days when each village was divided against its neighbour, and fiercely contested with it the honour of sending forth the best backsword player.

An ye think I be no true man, get down upon the path, and whether at fists, backsword, or bow and arrow, I will prove my manhood on your body.”

His weapon was, I believe, not the rapier, but the backsword, of which he recommends the use in his book on education.

My backsword play hath been thought well of by stout men of war.

Then tossed he the pike, played with the two-handed sword, with the backsword, with the Spanish tuck, the dagger, poniard, armed, unarmed, with a buckler, with a cloak, with a target.

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