swordplay
[sawrd-pley, sohrd-]
noun
the action or technique of wielding a sword; fencing.
Origin of swordplay
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The flashes of lightning in her swordplay are highly interesting.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14Elbert Hubbard
This is no place for swordplay, however brilliant it may be.
You hardly look the part of a lad whos won to freedom by a pretty bit of swordplay.
My failure to run him through in that moment of jeopardy inspired him with a contempt of my swordplay.
Bardelys the MagnificentRafael Sabatini
He swam, rowed, walked, and could tire out any of his colleagues at swordplay or skittles.
swordplay
noun
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