swordery
swordery noun: swordplay; sword fighting or swordsmanship.
Noun
swordery (uncountable)
- Swordplay; sword fighting or swordsmanship.
- 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
- 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)
Examples of swordery in a sentence
- 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:
- 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):
Origin of swordery
From sword + -ery.
Questions about swordery
- What does swordery mean?
- Swordery means swordplay; sword fighting or swordsmanship.
- How do you use swordery in a sentence?
- 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.
- What part of speech is swordery?
- Swordery is a noun.
Words near swordery in the dictionary
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