Meaning of swordery | Babel Free

Definitions

Swordplay; sword fighting or swordsmanship.

rare, uncountable

Examples

“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).”

“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).”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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