epee
See also: épée
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French épée, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē). Doublet of spatha, spathe, and spade.
Pronunciation
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[edit]epee (plural epees)
- (fencing) A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing.
- 2019 February 19, “Lightsaber duelling registered as official sport in France”, in The Guardian[1], archived from the original on 8 November 2020:
- The country’s fencing federation has officially recognised lightsaber duelling as a competitive sport, granting the weapon from George Lucas’s space saga the same status as the foil, epee and sabre, the traditional blades used at the Olympics.
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[edit]sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing
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