epee

One entry found for épée.

Main Entry: épée
Pronunciation: 'e-"pA, A-'pA
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from Old French espee, Latin spatha
1 : a fencing or dueling sword having a bowl-shaped guard and a rigid blade of triangular section with no cutting edge that tapers to a sharp point blunted for fencing -- compare ⁵FOIL 1, SABER
2 : the art or sport of fencing with the épée
[épée illustration]