Épée

a fencing weapon consisting of a flexible steel blade with a protective guard and handle. The blade has a three-sided section (the maximum width of a side is 24 mm) that grows thinner toward the point, where there is a tip with a movable electrical contact. The overall length is no more than 110 cm (the blade itself is no longer than 90 cm), the diameter of the guard is 135 mm, and the weight ranges up to 770 g. Only men engage in fencing competition with the épée.

Épée

épée

é·pée

also e·pee E0172200 (ā-pā′, ĕp′ā)n.1. A fencing sword with a bowl-shaped guard and a long, narrow, fluted blade that has no cutting edge and tapers to a blunted point.2. The art or sport of fencing with this sword.

[French, from Old French espee, from Latin spatha, broad double-edged sword; see spathe.]

é·pée′ist n.

épée

(ˈɛpeɪ; French epe) n (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) a sword similar to the foil but with a larger guard and a heavier blade of triangular cross section[C19: from French: sword, from Latin spatha, from Greek spathē blade; see spade¹]

é•pée

or e•pee

(eɪˈpeɪ, ˈɛp eɪ)
n. 1. a rapier with a three-sided blade and a guard over the tip. 2. the art or sport of fencing with an épée, points being made by touching any part of the opponent's body with the tip of the weapon. [1885–90; < French: sword < Latin spatha sword < Greek spáthē blade. See spade¹] é•pée′ist, n.

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Noun

epee - a fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier bladefencing - the art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules)fencing sword - a sword used in the sport of fencing