swordery en · NOUN
Etymology
From sword + -ery.
Meanings
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(rare, uncountable) Swordplay; sword fighting or swordsmanship.
A sudden violent explosion, much greater than the intermittent banging of the Greysteel's cannon, swept the deck with its blast and forced a temporary pause in the swordery as men were knocked over, shaken and distracted.
2012, Nigel Tranter, The Captive Crown, →ISBN:My point was that a given military technology's efficacy is often very context/technologically related and would work against the kind of hodgepodge that RPGs often display (especially guns and swordery types).
2002 November 16, Saint George's Dragon, “What games are on your hard drive?”, in rec.games.computer.ultima.dragons (Usenet):So he crossed the room and stood before her, doing his best to imitate the look his father and uncle e'er bestowed on unruly squires caught slacking off at their swordery training.
2008, Sue-Ellen Welfonder, Only for a Knight, →ISBN:This 1980s Hong Kong actioner pits two rivaling families (one with boys who practice Shaolin kung fu and another with daughters who practice the Wu-Tang swordery).
2001, Curve - Volumes 11-12:I play dodgeball on Thursday lunchtimes, but it's canceled about one time in three, so I might be up for some swordery but wouldn't know for sure until about 11:00 on the day.
2015 August 13, Raven Black, “Evening sword fight?”, in belegarth-mtv (Usenet):