backsword

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

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

词形变化

backswords plural

词汇关系

衍生词
backswordman

词源

From back + sword.
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