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Singlestick

noun
1.
A stick used instead of a sword for fencing.  Synonyms: backsword, fencing stick.





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"Singlestick" Quotes from Famous Books



... young kinsman, and at once accepted his services and that of his companion. Harry Drury was not unused to arms. He had been taught fencing as a part of his education, and would use the singlestick, arquebus, and crossbow, while the fashion of every gentleman wearing a sword had rendered it necessary that this weapon should be handled skilfully. The necessary drill was therefore soon learned by Harry, and he was admitted to serve in the same ...
— Hayslope Grange - A Tale of the Civil War • Emma Leslie
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