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singlestick

singlestick noun: a one-handed wooden stick used for fencing in place of a sword.

Noun

singlestick (countable and uncountable, plural singlesticks)

  1. A one-handed wooden stick used for fencing in place of a sword.
    • [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
    • 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
  2. (uncountable) A martial art, sport or exercise using a cudgel or backsword.

Forms of singlestick

pluralsinglesticks

Origin of singlestick

From single + stick.

Words formed from singlestick

Questions about singlestick

What does singlestick mean?
Singlestick means a one-handed wooden stick used for fencing in place of a sword.
What part of speech is singlestick?
Singlestick is a noun.
What is the plural of singlestick?
The plural of singlestick is singlesticks.

Words near singlestick in the dictionary

  1. singles out
  2. singles stick
  3. singles sticks
  4. singles up
  5. Singles' Day
  6. singlestick
  7. singlesticker
  8. singlestickers
  9. singlesticks
  10. singlestranded
  11. singlet

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