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The sidebar's name, i.e. the name following "Template:" in the title shown at the top of the sidebar's page. Required if the V T E {} links at the bottom of the sidebar are to function correctly, unless their appearance is suppressed (see the navbar parameter below) or {{Sidebar}} is not being used as a wrapper for Module:Sidebar.
The sidebar is a graphical control element that displays various forms of information to the right or left side of an application window or operating system desktop. Examples of the sidebar can be seen in the Opera web browser, Apache web OpenOffice , LibreOffice , SoftMaker Presentations and File Explorer; in each case, the app exposes various ...
overflow-x: auto, to make the content scroll in the horizontal direction if its width surpasses the available space left over by the first table; and white-space: nowrap , to prevent content in cells from wrapping over, and thus keep them aligned with the rows on the left (which assumes the row headers are also rendered on a single line).
A sidearm may be carried alone or as an ancillary weapon to a more frequently-used primary weapon. The term historically referred to swords, daggers, and similar small weapons kept at one's side in a sheath, and in modern combat dominated by guns, sidearms are often defined as handguns that are similarly kept in a holster. [1]
Closeup of a sword, with a box highlighting the crossguard area. A sword's crossguard or cross-guard is a bar between the blade and hilt, essentially perpendicular to them, intended to protect the wielder's hand and fingers from opponents' weapons as well as from his or her own blade.
Basket-hilted rapiers and sword-rapiers, characterised by pierced shell-guards, made during the same period are known as Pappenheimer rapiers. [citation needed] The Walloon sword was favoured by both the military and civilian gentry. [25] A distinctive feature of the Walloon sword is the presence of a thumb-ring, and it was therefore not ...
An early rapier or "side-sword" on exhibit in the Castle of Chillon. The spada da lato (Italian) or side-sword is a type of sword popular in Italy during the Renaissance. It is a continuation of the medieval knightly sword, and the immediate predecessor, or early form, of the rapier of the early modern period. Side-swords were used concurrently ...