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Meanings of singlestick in English

A stick used instead of a sword for fencing.

Usage of singlestick in English
1
I am fairly good at fence, and excellent as any at singlestick.
The Black Douglas
2
The knowledge of singlestick and quarterstaff still lingered, in the country parts of England.
Under Drake's Flag: A Tale of the Spanish Main
3
Is an expert singlestick player, boxer, and swordsman.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
4
Not the Admirable Chinnie, the singlestick champion?
The Anubis Gates
5
George Fairburn had ever been an adept at all school games, and had spent many a leisure hour at singlestick.
With Marlborough to Malplaquet: A Story of the Reign of Queen An...
6
Then, at college, he became illustrious among rowers and cricketers, renowned as a pistol shot, dreaded as a singlestick player.
Basil
7
Thou art a deft hand at quarterstaff and singlestick, though, and I doubt not that thy hands can guard thy head.
The Cornet of Horse: A Tale of Marlborough's Wars
8
Captain Galsworthy was a frequent visitor, and though he was past eighty, insisted on giving our boys their first lessons with the singlestick.
Humphrey Bold: A Story of the Times of Benbow
9
Using it as a singlestick, the Master laid a solid blow across the prince's left side, and he felt his ribs break within him...
Lord of Light
10
He fences and singlesticks with you-­thereyou are even.
The Little Lady of the Big House
11
"A game of singlestick is it?"
With Marlborough to Malplaquet: A Story of the Reign of Queen An...
Singlestick through the time