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What is a backsword?

What is a backsword? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A sword with one sharp edge.
  2. (Britain, dated) A stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements.
  3. (Britain, dated) The game in which the stick is used.
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This course will draw from the Pallas Armata and build combatants able to fence competitively with the backsword.
My backsword play hath been thought well of by stout men of war.
We wanted to develop a serious tactical backsword optimized for personal defense situations.
David, it is possible that, according to him the backsword was a larger version of the single stick.
Of course, if you don't have a backsword at home, an eight-inch chef's knife would do fine.
This is a copy of a basket hilted backsword which is in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

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