1592954084000 980380800000 term-87250 1616541267405 1066038056000 1616290083684 adlib fitz-online adlib-term-87250 74ffff36-3b54-3920-9ae1-fb6e622a06f4 2 1 scope note Light swords with a long, narrow, double-edged blade and a hilt furnished with extensive protection for the hand, such as arms of the hilt and side rings, a shell guard, or a cup guard. Originally designed for both cutting and thrusting, they developed into purely thrusting swords and became the principal fencing weapons of the 16th and 17th centuries. reference term-87077 adlib-term-87077 542beac5-6e9e-31e7-bfb5-70809dc3cf54 rapier V.TK.AFU.ARI.BZY.AFU.CLM 1 code V.TK.AFU.ARI.BZY.AFU.CLM 1 rapiers reference term-87099 adlib-term-87099 1f110af5-dfdd-322d-a57d-dad0a2e44f69 <swords by form> rapiers term