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Definition of Singlestick
1. Noun. A stick used instead of a sword for fencing.
Definition of Singlestick
1. n. In England and Scotland, a cudgel used in fencing or fighting; a backsword.
Definition of Singlestick
1. Noun. cudgels (martial art) ¹
2. Noun. The stick used in the sport of cudgels; a backsword. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Singlestick
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Medical Definition of Singlestick
1. In England and Scotland, a cudgel used in fencing or fighting; a backsword. The game played with singlesticks, in which he who first brings blood from his adversary's head is pronounced victor; backsword; cudgeling. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Singlestick
Literary usage of Singlestick
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fencing by Walter Herries Pollock (1897)
"singlestick. singlestick, probably practised far more widely throughout England
than fencing, is apt to strike casual observers as a very simple matter—a ..."
2. Fencing by Walter Herries Pollock, F. C. Grove, Camille Prevost (1893)
"singlestick. singlestick, probably practised far more widely throughout England
than fencing, is apt to strike casual observers as a'very simple matter—a ..."
3. The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians by Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1878)
"... to introduce alternately a black and red figure. It is not, however, necessary
to give an instance of every position indicated in No. 339. singlestick. ..."
4. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1842)
"Jack singlestick is rummaging my box for a mild Havannah, ... I affirm it,"
replied singlestick, accompanying the remark with a derisive whiff. ..."
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