backsword in a sentence
Examples
- The Catholic religion is the faith of all ages, I fear not death . " One of them beat him down to the ground by a stroke on the head with his backsword.
- Under Kings George II, backsword play with sticks was immensely popular under the names cudgel-play and singlesticking, not only in the cities but in the countryside as well, wrestling being its only rival.
- The terms " broadsword " and " backsword " were not used in the 17th and 18th centuries and are of Victorian invention, referring to double-edged and single-edged basket-hilted swords respectively.
- A further distinction applied by arms historians and collectors is that a true broadsword possesses a double-edged blade, while similar wide-bladed swords with a single sharpened edge and a thickened back are called backswords.
- Alongside the scythes, the song mentioned other types of weaponry, traditionally used by the Polish " szlachta ", or nobility : the sabre, known in Polish as " szabla ", and the backsword.
- In 1889 Hutton published his most influential work " Cold Steel : A Practical Treatise on the Sabre ", which presented the historical method of military sabre use on foot, combining the 18th century English backsword with modern Italian duelling sabre.
- He later wrote his " Bref Instructions on my Paradoxes of Defence " in which he explained some of his method for using his preferred weapons ( he recommends the shorter backsword as being more versatile and offering better defence than the rapier ).
- In 1691, governor Sir Francis Nicholson organized competitions for the " better sort of Virginians onely who are Batchelors, " and he offered prizes " to be shot for, wrastled, played at backswords, & Run for by Horse and foott ."
- In 1889, Hutton published his most influential work " Cold Steel : A Practical Treatise on the Sabre ", which presented the historical method of military sabre use on foot, combining the 18th century English backsword with modern Italian duelling sabre.
- In 1889 Hutton published his most influential work, " Cold Steel : A Practical Treatise on the Sabre ", which presented an original method of military sabre use on foot, combining the 18th century English backsword with modern Italian duelling sabre.