Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as swordsmanship.

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Examples

  • I have been thinking about studying European swordmanship, but these days an organized school is pretty blech and the group I'd like to study with is located some 160km away..

    So You Wanna Be A Geek? kludge 2009

  • "Without the bracelet, however, my lord, training in swordmanship will matter very little."

    Test of the Twins Weis, Margaret 1986

  • "Without the bracelet, however, my lord, training in swordmanship will matter very little."

    Test Of The Twins Weis, Margaret 1986

  • Lord Martin had once been famed for the quality of his swordmanship, and he and the Duke had already had one friendly match, the evening before.

    ALANNA Camora Pierce 1983

  • Lord Martin had once been famed for the quality of his swordmanship, and he and the Duke had already had one friendly match, the evening before.

    ALANNA Camora Pierce 1983

  • Lord Martin had once been famed for the quality of his swordmanship, and he and the Duke had already had one friendly match, the evening before.

    ALANNA Camora Pierce 1983

  • Lord Martin had once been famed for the quality of his swordmanship, and he and the Duke had already had one friendly match, the evening before.

    ALANNA Camora Pierce 1983

  • He was high in favour at court, since none could approach him in chivalry or swordmanship, and many marvelled that one so brave and pure as he could be the son of the old lord, whose advancing years were as evil as those of his youth had been.

    The Fairies and the Christmas Child 1912

  • The almost constant swordmanship of these last months had given Andre-Louis a grace of movement, a poise, and a curious, indefinable air of dignity, of command.

    Scaramouche Rafael Sabatini 1912

  • How well he had been trained Beric knew not, but as he knew that he himself was superior in swordmanship to Lupus, he felt that his countryman's chances of success were good.

    Beric the Briton : a Story of the Roman Invasion 1867

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