singlestick Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a stick used instead of a sword for fencing
    backsword; fencing stick.

WordNet

Sin"gle*stick` noun
Definitions
  1. In England and Scotland, a cudgel used in fencing or fighting; a backsword.
  2. The game played with singlesticks, in which he who first brings blood from his adversary's head is pronounced victor; backsword; cudgeling.

Webster 1913