rapier
A slender, straight, sharply pointed sword, designed predominantly for thrustingA slender, straight, sharply pointed sword (double-edged, single-edged or edgeless), designed predominantly for thrusting; used during the Renaissance period of Europe for civilian duelling
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» The girl took the rapier and hid it.
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1 sensesA slender, straight, sharply pointed sword (double-edged, single-edged or edgeless), designed predominantly for thrusting; used during the Renaissance period of Europe for civilian duelling
Florett, Rapier, Stoßdegen
рапи́раrapíra, шпа́гаšpága
- a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges
Examples
4 sentencesThe girl took the rapier and hid it.
Suddenly a soldier appeared, who held a rapier in his hand.
He swore that if he ever found the rapier, he would kill the person right away on whom he found it.
I can hold my own, both with single rapier, backsword, sword and dagger, broadsword, or case of falchions.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Middle French rapiere, from Middle French (espee) rapiere, from Old French rBorrowed from Middle French rapiere, from Middle French (espee) rapiere, from Old French rapiere, raspiere, from Spanish raspadera (“poker; raker; scraper”), from Spanish raspar (“to scrape”), of Germanic origin. More at rasp.
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Forms
plural: rapiersSynonyms
1 synonyms- a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges:tuck
Word family
3 related wordsSee also
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