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The English term "rapier" comes from the French rapière and appears both in English and German, near-simultaneously, in the mid-16th century, for a light, long, pointed two-edged sword. It is a loan from Middle French espee rapiere, first recorded in 1474, a nickname meaning ' grater '. [8]
The small sword or smallsword (also court sword, Gaelic: claidheamh beag or claybeg, French: épée de cour, lit. “Sword of the court”) is a light one-handed sword designed for thrusting which evolved out of the longer and heavier rapier (espada ropera) of the late Renaissance.
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The "tuck" (French estoc, Italian stocco) [citation needed] is an edgeless blade of square or triangular cross-section used for thrusting. [citation needed] In French, estoc also means thrust or point; and estoc et taille means cut and thrust. [citation needed] The tuck may also get its name from the verb "to tuck" which means "to shorten".
abaissement - fall/lowering; abaisser - to lower; abandonner - to abandon; abandonné - abandoned/deserted; abasourdi - stunned; abattage - slaughter; abattant - toilet lid
In the European High Middle Ages, the typical sword (sometimes academically categorized as the knightly sword, arming sword, or in full, knightly arming sword) was a straight, double-edged weapon with a single-handed, cruciform (i.e., cross-shaped) hilt and a blade length of about 70 to 80 centimetres (28 to 31 in).
The épée (/ ˈ ɛ p eɪ, ˈ eɪ-/, French:; lit. ' sword ' ), also rendered as epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing . The modern épée derives from the 19th-century épée de combat , [ 1 ] a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword .
This is a list of all weapons ever used by the French Army. This list will be organized by era. [1] [2] [3] The Army is commanded by the Chief of Staff of the French Army (CEMAT), who is subordinate of the Chief of the Defence Staff (CEMA), who commands active service Army units and in turn is responsible to the President of France. [4] [5] [6 ...