Meaning of backsword | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A sword with one sharp edge.
2. A stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements.
   UK, dated
3. The game in which the stick is used.
   UK, dated

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Examples

“It [the dáo of the Nágá tribe, south-east of Assam] is a thick, heavy backsword, eighteen inches long, with a bevel where the point should be, worn at the waist in a half-scabbard of wood, and used for digging as well as killing.”

“One afternoon, as the missionary and I were sitting outside our tents, my attention was attracted towards a group of sepahis engaged under a banyantree, playing the game of backsword […]”

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