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Half-
sword, in 14th- to 16th-century
fencing with longswords,
refers to the
technique of
gripping the
central part of the
sword blade with the left hand...
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variant spellings,
include terms such as "****
sword" and "hand-and-a-
half sword." Of these, "****
sword" is the oldest, its use
being contemporaneous...
- A
sword is an edged,
bladed weapon intended for
manual cutting or thrusting. Its blade,
longer than a
knife or dagger, is
attached to a hilt and can be...
- "single-handed
sword" or "one-handed
sword" was
coined to
distinguish from "two-handed" or "hand-and-a-
half"
swords. "Single-handed
sword" is used by Sir...
- and a ric****o, thus
offering two
possible forward grip positions.
Half-
sword Side-
sword Rapier "What on
earth is a ric****o?".
National Museum of Ireland...
- "murder-stroke" or "murder-strike" or "murder-blow"), is a
half-
sword technique of
holding the
sword inverted, with both
hands gripping the blade, and hitting...
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Donald McBane,
Expert Swords-man's
Companion (1728)
Captain James Miller, A
treatise on backsword,
sword, buckler,
sword and dagger,
sword and
great gauntlet...
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estoc in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The
French estoc is a type of
sword, also
called a tuck in English, in use from the 14th to the 17th century...
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appears in a (likely apocryphal)
anecdote commonly referred to as "the
sword of Damocles", an
allusion to the
imminent and ever-present
peril faced by...
- also used to
refer to
these heavy bladed dao. The
dadao is a hand-and-a-
half sword, in that it can
accommodate two
handed use, but is
still nimble enough...
