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Answer 1 : RAPIER
noun
A small sword, especially of the 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting.
A longer, heavier sword, especially of the 16th and 17th centuries, having a double-edged blade and used for slashing and thrusting.
SYNONYMS
blade, dagger, weapon, saber, cutlass, epee, foil, scimitar, backsword, broadsword
EXAMPLES:
‘A rapier and a dagger found on the Thames foreshore show us that swordfights routinely broke out on the streets of London.’
‘A leather swordbelt, gold-embroidered at the edges, carried a long steel-halted rapier in a leather scabbard chaped with steel.’
‘As you are doubtless aware, between civilians the small-sword, the rapier and the pistol are what are usually employed.’
‘Half frantic, I dashed forward, snatching as I did so a rapier from the wall, the only weapon handy.
Answer 2 : FENCING
Fencing is an organized sport involving the use of a sword—épée, foil, or sabre—for attack and defense according to set movements and rules. Although the use of swords dates to prehistoric times and swordplay to ancient civilizations, the organized sport of fencing began only at the end of the 19th century.
Fencing became an increasingly organized competitive sport late in the 19th century. Basic conventions were first collected and set down in the 1880s by the French fencing master Camille Prévost.
Meanwhile, fencing for men had been part of the Olympic Games since their revival in 1896. In 1900 the épée joined the foil and sabre as individual events in the Olympic program. Team competition in the foil was introduced in the 1904 Games, followed by the sabre and épée in 1908. By the early 20th century, numerous disputes had arisen over various fencing rules. For instance, at the 1912 Olympic Games, France withdrew its entire team over a dispute regarding the target area for foil, and the Italians refused to fence in the épée events because of a rejected request to increase the allowed length of the épée blade. As a result, in 1913 the Fédération Internationale d’Escrime was founded and thereafter was the governing body of international fencing for amateurs, both in the Olympic Games and in world championships.
Events for women fencers were added to the Olympic contest over the years. Individual foil for women was first included in the 1924 Olympic Games, and a team event for women was introduced in 1960. Women’s team and individual épée made their Olympic debut in the 1996 Games. The women’s individual sabre event was added in the 2004 Olympic Games, and the women’s team sabre event was added in the 2008 Games.
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