sword dance
sword dancing | any of various dances by men who step nimbly over swords or flourish them in the air |
| fencing | the art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules) |
cavalry sword
saber
sabre | a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back |
fence
fencing | a barrier that serves to enclose an area |
fencing mask
fencer's mask | a face mask made of fine mesh that is worn over a fencer's face |
| fencing sword | a sword used in the sport of fencing |
| knob pommel | an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger |
pommel
saddlebow | handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle |
| pommel | a handgrip that a gymnast uses when performing exercises on a pommel horse |
pommel horse
side horse | a gymnastic horse with a cylindrical body covered with leather and two upright handles (pommels) near the center, held upright by two steel supports, one at each end |
singlestick
fencing stick
backsword | a stick used instead of a sword for fencing |
sword
blade brand
steel | a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard |
sword cane
sword stick | a cane concealing a sword or dagger |
| sword knot | an ornamental tassel on the hilt of a sword |
Abu Sayyaf
Bearer of the Sword | a small gang of terrorist thugs claiming to seek a separate Islamic state for the Muslim minority in the Philippines, uses bombing and assassination and extortion and kidnapping, In Abu Sayyaf kidnapped twenty people and beheaded one of the American captives |
| sword grass | any of various grasses or sedges having sword-shaped leaves with sharp edges |
kangaroo paw
kangaroo's paw
kangaroo's-foot
kangaroo-foot plant
Australian sword lily
Anigozanthus manglesii | sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs, Australia |
iris
flag
fleur-de-lis
sword lily | plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing brightolored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals |
gladiolus
gladiola
glad
sword lily | any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers, widely cultivated |
sword bean
Canavalia gladiata | twining tropical Old World plant bearing long pods usually with red or brown beans, long cultivated in Orient for food |
| sword fern | any of several tropical ferns having more or less sword-shaped fronds including one from which the Boston fern developed |
basket fern toothed sword fern
Nephrolepis pectinata | tropical American fern cultivated for its finely divided greyish-green foliage, West Indies and southern Mexico to Peru and Brazil |
| sword of Damocles | a constant and imminent peril, the possibility hangs over their heads like the sword of Damocles |
fencing material
fencing | material for building fences |
pummel
pommel
biff | strike, usually with the fist, The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators |
ensiform
sword-shaped
swordlike
bladelike | shaped like a sword blade, the iris has an ensiform leaf |