singlestick en · NOUN
Etymology
From single + stick.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A one-handed wooden stick used for fencing in place of a sword.
Scottish broadsword training methods included practice with the singlestick. The singlestick is a wooden rod (usually ash) with a basket hilt. Length was usually 3 feet (just under a meter).
2010, Thomas A. Green, Joseph R. Svinth, Martial Arts of the World:[F]ew country people there are who do not love to see two sturdy fellows thwack and belabour each other with quarter-staff, single-stick, or fists.
1881, Walter Besant, James Rice, “How Kitty First Saw the Doctor”, in The Chaplain of the Fleet […], volume I, London: Chatto and Windus, […], →OCLC, part I (Within the Rules), page 82:
- (uncountable) A martial art, sport or exercise using a cudgel or backsword.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| singlesticks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |