Medium Guard
(HUTTON.) "Resting Medium" with the sword hand lowered a few inches until the pummel rests on the thigh, which thus supports the whole weight of both arm and sword, and the [BROADSWORD during the development of some action of attack.
Attack. The attack (or appel) is the preliminary tap of the right foot before attacking. It may be single or double. The latter is a beat with the heel and then the flat of the foot in rapid succession.
Backsword. Old term for Broadsword (q.v.).
Beat. A movement which strikes the opponent's blade, in order to force it aside, and thereby to acquire an opening.
Broadsword. - A sword which is sharpened upon one edge and blunt upon the other, with the exception of a space extending some 8 in. from the point towards the hilt. This is also sharpened, and is termed the False edge. Also known as Sabre, and formerly as Backsword.