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back-sword arch.|ˈbækˈsɔəd|
[f. back n.]
1. A sword with only one cutting edge.
1611Cotgr., Badelaire, a short and broad back sword. 1645Sacr. Decretal 24 St. Paul's Back-sword at his side. c1750Bolingbroke Pol. Tracts 214 The backsword of Justice which cuts only on one side.
2. A stick with a basket-hilt used instead of a sword in fencing, a single-stick; hence
b. fencing exercise with it.
1699Farquhar Love & Bottle ii. (1728) 30 I'm much in love with fencing, but, I think, backsword is the best play. 1747J. Godfrey Sc. Defence Pref., I have purchased my knowledge in the Back-Sword with many a broken head.
3. A fencer with back-sword or single-stick.
1672Davenant Siege Rhodes (1673) 5 To the Back-swords of London. 1779Sheridan St. Patrick's Day i. ii. 295 A sturdy fellow..and the best back-sword in the country.
back-ˈswording = back-sword 2 b. back-ˈswordman = back-sword 3.
1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, iii. ii. 70, I knew him a good Back-Sword-man. 1857Hughes Tom Brown ii, The great times for back-swording came round once a-year. Ibid. A famous back-sword man. |