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backsword
noun 3
Collocations
4ADJ.
heavy, long, rapier, single, thick
VERB + BACKSWORD
game
BACKSWORD + NOUN
dagger, inches, sword
PREP.
with
Definitions
noun
1
A sword with one sharp edge.
It [the dáo of the Nágá tribe, south-east of Assam] 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.
2
A stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements.
3
The game in which the stick is used.
One afternoon, as the missionary and I were sitting outside our tents, my attention was attracted towards a group of sepahis engaged under a banyantree, playing the game of backsword […]
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a stick used instead of a sword for fencing
- singlestick
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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It [the dáo of the Nágá tribe, south-east of Assam] 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 fo
Wiktionary02
One afternoon, as the missionary and I were sitting outside our tents, my attention was attracted towards a group of sepahis engaged under a banyantree, playing the game of backsword […]
Wiktionary03
I can hold my own, both with single rapier, backsword, sword and dagger, broadsword, or case of falchions.
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