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The sword that argues any body part is a valid answer.
means A slender, rigid fencing sword with a bowl-shaped guard, used in the dueling-style sport where the entire body counts as a target.
from From French épée, simply meaning 'sword,' which descends from Latin spatha — a broad, straight blade the Romans likely picked up from Greek spathē. That same Latin root fans out across Europe into words like 'spade' and 'spatula,' so the epee shares a family tree with garden tools and kitchen utensils.
- target area
- entire body, unlike foil's torso-only snobbery
- right of way
- doesn't exist, both can score at once
- weight
- heaviest of the three fencing swords
- origin
- descended from dueling swords, built to actually wound