Backsword definition

Backsword

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WordNet

noun

(1) A sword with only one cutting edge

(2) A stick used instead of a sword for fencing

WiktionaryText

Noun

backsword

A sword with one sharp edge.
- 1884: Robert F. Burton, The Book of the Sword, page 140.
- It is a thick, heavy backsword, eighteen inches long, with a bevel where the point should be, worn at the waist in a half-scabbard of wood, and used for digging as well as killing.

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