singlestick
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (1)
- a stick used instead of a sword for fencingSynonyms: fencing stickbackswordType of stick
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Sin′gle·stick′ noun
(a) In England and Scotland, a cudgel used in fencing or fighting; a backsword. (b) The game played with singlesticks, in which he who first brings blood from his adversary's head is pronounced victor; backsword; cudgeling.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54