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singlestick

[ sing-guhl-stik ]

noun

  1. a short, heavy stick.
  2. (formerly)
    1. a wooden stick held in one hand, used instead of a sword in fencing.
    2. fencing with such a stick.


singlestick

/ ˈsɪŋɡəlˌstɪk /

noun

  1. a wooden stick used instead of a sword for fencing
  2. fencing with such a stick
  3. any short heavy stick
“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 singlestick1

First recorded in 1765–75; single + stick 1
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Example Sentences

When this was finished he very often played a bout of singlestick, or underwent some other severe muscular exertion.

I am fairly good at fence, and excellent as any at singlestick.

It was, to use the term of the old-fashioned singlestick players, “first blood,” and the sight thereof had a disastrous effect.

Thou art a deft hand at quarterstaff and singlestick, though, and I doubt not that thy hands can guard thy head.

George Fairburn had ever been an adept at all school games, and had spent many a leisure hour at singlestick.

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