1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
IMPLEMENTS, &c., and articles on special weapons. Offensive weapons may be classified roughly, according to their shape (i.e. the kind of blow or wound which they are intended to inflict), and the way in which they are used, as follows: — (i) Arms which are wielded by hand at close quarters. These are subdivided into (a) cleaving weapons, e.g. axes; (b) crushing, e.g. clubs, maces and all hammerlike arms; (c) thrusting, e.g. pointed swords and daggers; (d) cutting, e.g. sabres (such weapons frequently combine both …
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- Vol. 2, pp. 582-582