singlestick

S1I1N1G2L1E1S1T1I1C3K5

noun

A one-handed wooden stick used for fencing in place of a sword.

Similar
fencing stickbacksword
Scrabble 18
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounsinglestick (countable and uncountable, plural singlesticks)

plural singlesticks

  1. countableuncountableA one-handed wooden stick used for fencing in place of a sword.

    [F]ew country people there are who do not love to see two sturdy fellows thwack and belabour each other with quarter-staff, single-stick, or fists.

    1881, Walter Besant, James Rice, “How Kitty First Saw the Doctor”, in The Chaplain of the Fleet […], volume I, London: Chatto and Windus, […], →OCLC, part I (Within the Rules), page 82
    1 more example

    Scottish broadsword training methods included practice with the singlestick. The singlestick is a wooden rod (usually ash) with a basket hilt. Length was usually 3 feet (just under a meter).

    2010, Thomas A. Green, Joseph R. Svinth, Martial Arts of the World
  2. uncountableA martial art, sport or exercise using a cudgel or backsword.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna stick used instead of a sword for fencing

Similar
fencing stickbacksword
Broader
stick
Also see
backsword

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From single + stick.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

singlestick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/singlestick

MLA

“singlestick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/singlestick. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “singlestick,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/singlestick.

Source: singlestick on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.