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Sword vs Singlestick - What's the difference?

sword | singlestick |

As nouns the difference between sword and singlestick

is that sword is a long-bladed weapon having a handle and sometimes a hilt and designed to stab, hew, or slice while singlestick is a one-handed wood stick used for fencing in place of a sword.

sword

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (weaponry) A long-bladed weapon having a handle and sometimes a hilt and designed to stab, hew, or slice.
  • * 1591 , William Shakespeare, Henry VI , Part III, Act II, Scene II, line 59.
    • Unsheathe your sword and dub him presently.
  • * 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 49.
    • Some swords were also made solely to thrust, and some only to cut; others were equally adapted for both.
  • Someone paid to handle a sword.
  • (tarot) A suit in the minor arcana in tarot.
  • (tarot) A card of this suit.
  • (weaving) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.

    • Derived terms

    * bastardsword * broadsword * double-edged sword * fall on one’s sword * longsword * pork sword * put to the sword * samurai sword * short sword * sword bayonet * swordbill * sword cane * swordcraft * sword dance * sword fern * swordfish * sword grass * sword knot * sword lily * sword of Damocles * swordbearer, sword-bearer * swordbearing, sword-bearing * swordplay * swordsman * swordsmanship * swordstick * sword-swallower

    Coordinate terms

    * (weaponry) bayonet, claymore, cutlass, epee, , falchion, foil, katana, knife, machete, rapier, sabre, saber, scimitar, vorpal, yataghan, yatagan

    Anagrams

    * words 1000 English basic words

    singlestick

    English

    Noun

  • a one-handed wood stick used for fencing in place of a sword.Allanson-Winn, R. G. et al. (2006). Broadsword and Singlestick: With Chapters on Quarter-Staff, Bayonet, Cudgel, Shillalah, Walking-Stick, Umbrella, and Other Weapons of Self-Defense . Paladin Press. ISBN 1581605129
  • * 2010 , Thomas A. Green, ?Joseph R. Svinth, Martial Arts of the World
    • Scottish broadsword training methods included practice with the singlestick . The singlestick is a wooden rod (usually ash) with a basket hilt. Length was usually 3 feet (just under a meter).
  • a martial art, sport or exercise using a cudgel or backsword.

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