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backsword definition

back·sword (-sôrd′)

noun

  1. a sword sharpened on only one edge
  2. a hilted, saberlike stick used in fencing practice or as a singlestick

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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