backsword
nounEtymology
Definitions
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.
A stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements.
The game in which the stick is used.
- 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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