Rapier in a sentence

Description Rapier on display at Château de Chillon The word "rapier" generally refers to a relatively long-bladed sword characterized by a protective hilt which is constructed to provide protection for the hand wielding the sword.

Some historical rapier samples also feature a broad blade mounted on a typical rapier hilt.

The rapier-type weaving machines do not have shuttles, they propel the weft by means of small grippers or rapiers that pick up the filling thread and carry it halfway across the loom where another rapier picks it up and pulls it the rest of the way.

These are still considered side-swords and are sometimes labeled sword rapier or cutting rapier by modern collectors.

During the short yet bloody war between Great Britain and Argentina, Edward, from Moreton, served as a rapier gunner — tasked with the mission of shooting down Argentine aircraft.

This is reflected visually and mechanically in the Nova Scythe Shielder build, where she emphasizes more in the usage of her Awakening’s Sting rapier-scythe compared to her original morningstar.

Colm Imbert, about whom I learned a lot from listening to his father, could not have had an easy childhood in the presence of such a rapier tongue and unforgiving eye.

From fighting with a rapier with Swordfighter Peach all the way to baking pastries with Patisserie Peach, there’s so much variety that it’s hard not to be in awe of how creative the game is.

Most of JoJo's Bizare Adventure is defined by its creative stand battles and their abilities, from fixing things to Silver Chariot's rapier cutting fire and 's Sticky Fingers making zippers.

From that platform, they came close to replicating the breathless, rapier-like interchanging that hallmarked their short residence in the second tier.

Instead, this Poe is the commander of the Rapier Squadron for the New Republic Defense Fleet.

Your bedroom doesn't really factor in to the merits of your rapier habits.

Built by Ransomes and Rapier Ltd. at Ipswich in Suffolk, England, in 1908, it was procured by the then Bengal Nagpur Railways (BNR).

With a rapier-like verbal reaction, she would have put Trump in his place and perhaps created a devastating moment.

Actual rapier combat was hardly the lightning thrust and parry depicted.

A new technique of placing one's finger on the ricasso to improve the grip (a practice that would continue in the rapier ) led to the production of hilts with a guard for the finger.

As military-style cutting and thrusting swords continued to evolve to meet needs on the battlefield, so did the rapier continue to evolve to meet the needs of civilian combat and decorum, eventually becoming lighter, shorter and less cumbersome to wear.

Blade Various rapier masters divided the blade into two, three, four, five or even nine parts.

However, some rapier masters divided the blade into three parts (or even a multiple of three), in which case the central third of the blade, between the forte and the debole, was often called the medio, mezzo or the terzo.

In 1570 the Italian swordmaster Signior Rocco Bonetti first settled in England advocating the use of the rapier for thrusting as opposed to cutting or slashing when engaged in a duel.