backsword

Noun

1. A sword with one sharp edge.
   • It [the dáo of the Nágá tribe, south-east of Assam] is a thick, heavy backsword, eighteen inches long, with a bevel where the point should be, worn at the waist in a half-scabbard of wood, and used for digging as well...
2. A stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements.

   Synonyms: singlestick

3. The game in which the stick is used.
   • One afternoon, as the missionary and I were sitting outside our tents, my attention was attracted towards a group of sepahis engaged under a banyantree, playing the game of backsword […] - 1842, The Asiatic Journal […] :