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Definition of Backsword
1. Noun. A stick used instead of a sword for fencing.
2. Noun. A sword with only one cutting edge.
Definition of Backsword
1. n. A sword with one sharp edge.
Definition of Backsword
1. Noun. A sword with one sharp edge. ¹
2. Noun. (UK dated) A stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements. ¹
3. Noun. (UK dated) The game in which the stick is used. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Backsword
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backsword
Literary usage of Backsword
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Scouring of the White Horse Or, The Long Vacation Ramble of a London Clerk by Thomas Hughes (1859)
"What I say is, that backsword is a game in which men are sure to lose their
tempers and ... Then it seems that all that can be said against backsword is, ..."
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