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1) "Saber" -- As to saber fencing 1sa·ber
Variant(s): or sa·bre /'sA-b&r/
Function: noun
Etymology: French sabre, modification of German dialect Sabel, from Middle High German, probably of Slavic origin; akin to Russian sablya saber
1 : a cavalry sword with a curved blade, thick back, and guard
2 a : a light fencing or dueling sword having an arched guard that covers the back of the hand and a tapering flexible blade with a full cutting edge along one side and a partial cutting edge on the back at the tip -- compare EPEE, FOIL b : the sport of fencing with the saber
[saber illustration] Pronunciation Symbols
- For other uses, see Sabre (disambiguation).
French naval officers' sabre of the 19th Century From left to right: two bayonets, a short curved infantry or artillery briquet, a straight infantry officers' sabre, and a carbine. The sabre or saber (see spelling differences) traces its origins to the European backsword and usually but not always has a curved, single-edged blade and a rather large hand guard, covering the knuckles of the hand as well as the thumb and forefinger. Although sabres are typically thought of as curved-bladed slashing weapons, those used by the world's heavy cavalry often had straight and even double-edged blades more suitable for thrusting. The length of sabres varied, and most were carried in a scabbard hanging from a shoulder belt known as a baldric or from a waist-mounted sword belt. Exceptions not intended for personal carry include the famed Patton saber adopted by the U.S. Army in 1913 and always mounted to the cavalryman's saddle. The word sabre was thought to derive from Hungarian szablya "sabre," literally "tool to cut with," from szabni "to cut."[1] However, a linguistically and historically much more realistic etymology was presented by Marek Stachowski in his study 'The Origin of the European Word for Sabre' (in: Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia 9 [2004], p. 133-141). The origins of the sabre are somewhat unclear, and it may come from designs such as the falchion or the scimitar (shamshir) used in the Middle Ages by such Central Asian cavalry as the Turks, Tatars, and Mongols. The sabre first appeared in Europe with the arrival of the Hungarians (Magyars) in the 10th Century. Originally, the sabre was used as a cavalry weapon that gradually came to replace the various straight bladed cutting sword types on the battlefield. As time went on, sabres became insignia of rank in many armies, and dress use of sabres continues to this day in some armed services around the world. The sabre saw extensive military use in the early 19th century, particularly in the Napo..."
2) "Fencing" -- As to saber fencing 2fence
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): fenced; fenc·ing
transitive verb
1 a : to enclose with a fence b (1) : to keep in or out with a fence (2) : to ward off
2 : to provide a defense for
3 : to sell (stolen property) to a fence
intransitive verb
1 a : to practice fencing b (1) : to use tactics of attack and defense resembling those of fencing (2) : to parry arguments by shifting ground
2 archaic : to provide protection
- fenc·er noun Pronunciation Symbols
Fencing advertisement for the 1900 Summer Olympic Games In the broadest possible sense, fencing is the art and science of armed combat involving cutting, stabbing, or bludgeoning weapons directly manipulated by hand, rather than shot or thrown. Example weapons include swords, knives, pikes, bayonets, batons, clubs, and similar. In contemporary common usage, fencing tends to refer specifically to European schools of swordsmanship and to the modern Olympic sport that has evolved out of them. Fencing is one of the four sports that has been featured at every modern Olympic Games. The modern weapons for sport fencing are the foil, épée, and sabre. The term 'Fencing' derives from the expression, "The Art of Defence", meaning the art of defending one's self in combat. This article is predominantly about Olympic fencing. - 1 Forms of fencing
- 1.1 Competitive fencing
- 1.2 Fencing as a Western martial art
- 1.3 Other forms of fencing
- 2 Modern weapons
- 2.1 Foil
- 2.2 Épée
- 2.3 Sabre
- 3 Protective clothing
- 4 Practice and techniques
- 4.1 Protocol
- 4.2 Priority ("right of way") rules
- 4.3 Scoring
- 4.4 Techniques
- 4.5 Competition formats
- 5 Collegiate fencing
- 6 High School Fencing
- 7 See also
- 8 References
- 9 External links
- 9.1 Olympic fencing
- 9.2 Governing bodies for other forms
- 9.3 Other sites
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