Usage examples (22)

• In Scotland they excel at the backsword -- the Irish too are admirable hands -- but neither have the temper of the English;
• Rick took us through rapier, backsword, small sword and finally broadsword at least until he smashed it on Andrew's wrist and used a sabre instead.
• After nearly eight hours of rapier, infantry sabre with an hour’s digression into backsword techniques we were all, to put it mildly, a little tired.
• Actually, I'm reading George Silver at the moment also and the parallels between Silver and Liechtenauer are remarkable. (the Glasgow backsword class finally opened on...