rapiers in English

noun
1
a thin, light, sharp-pointed sword used for thrusting.
In the scuffle, they exchange rapiers and Hamlet slices Laertes with the venomous weapon.
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1. Spanish soldiers of the middle of the sixteenth century, with rapiers and Arquebuses

2. Additional title: Spanish soldiers of the middle of the 16th century, with rapiers and Arquebuses

3. The double - rapier system accepted as existing when two rapiers enter the shed from the opposite sides.

4. Our custom European swords come in a variety of styles, including rapiers, Broadswords, falcatas, two-hand swords, and many more

5. The Conquistadors’ weapons were rapiers and two-handed broadswords, pikes and halberds, crossbows and match- lock muskets, and a few cannons

6. For example, John Clements categorizes thrusting swords with poor cutting abilities as rapiers, and swords with both good thrusting and cutting abilities as cut and thrust swords.

7. Of course, bravery is still valuable, and Courtiers still involve themselves in duels (using rapiers rather than jousting lances)--but for the most part, they are bureaucrats, scholars, and poets rather than warriors