| The immediate consequences to a duelist of wounds inflicted by thrusts or cuts from the rapier, dueling sabre or smallsword were unpredictable. |
| Finally he made him proficient in the polite use of the smallsword and the dice-box. |
| Everyone I work with, who's had a rapier or smallsword fight, will have had a Canadian shuffle thrown in. |
| The term is modern, and as such was mainly used to refer to smallsword fencing, but by extension it can also be applied to any martial art involving the use of a sword. |
