Associations to the word «Backsword»
Wiktionary
BACKSWORD, noun. A sword with one sharp edge.
BACKSWORD, noun. (UK) (dated) A stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements.
BACKSWORD, noun. (UK) (dated) The game in which the stick is used.
Dictionary definition
BACKSWORD, noun. A stick used instead of a sword for fencing.
BACKSWORD, noun. A sword with only one cutting edge.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.