cold weapon

Definitions

A weapon that does not use explosives or fire.

Equivalents

Examples

“A fencing-room in which twenty or thirty couples of men are practising, is a fair illustration of a mélée with cold weapons.”

“The most effective weapons in the hands of the Caucasians was the sword, or as the Russians call⟳ it "the cold weapon" ["khalodnoye orúdiye," as opposed to firearms "agniovoye orúdiye"], the use⟳ of which, in hand-to-hand fight⟳, was their special forte.”

“Pistols, carbines and musketoons were the firearms of the cavalry; a sword or sabre the cold weapon.”

“There are perhaps more variations of the dao than there are of any other cold weapon.”

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