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countable and uncountable, plural singlesticks
A one-handed wooden stick used for fencing in place of a sword. quotations examples
[F]ew country people there are who do not love to see two sturdy fellows thwack and belabour each other with quarter-staff, single-stick, or fists.
1881, Walter Besant, James Rice, “How Kitty First Saw the Doctor”, in The Chaplain of the Fleet […], volume I, London: Chatto and Windus, […], part I (Within the Rules), page 82
Scottish broadsword training methods included practice with the singlestick. The singlestick is a wooden rod (usually ash) with a basket hilt. Length was usually 3 feet (just under a meter).
2010, Thomas A. Green, Joseph R. Svinth, Martial Arts of the World
(uncountable) A martial art, sport or exercise using a cudgel or backsword. examples