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épée

[ey-pey, ep-ey] / eɪˈpeɪ, ˈɛp eɪ /
NOUN
blade
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epee




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Saber refers to the kind used by cavalry, and épée is a nod to weapons once used in duels.

From Washington Post Jan. 16, 2023

Yep, the wheelchair fencing has the team épée gold at the end of the day’s qualifying fights.

From The Guardian Aug. 26, 2021

The 17th gold medal saw Japan become the first Asian nation to win Olympic men’s épée team fencing by beating the Russian Olympic Committee team.

From Seattle Times Jul. 30, 2021

The American’s fell 45-39 to Japan in the men’s épée event.

From Fox News Jul. 30, 2021

I’d watched the saber fencers practice sometimes, and everything was a lot faster and way more aggressive than in épée.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

In the men’s +90kg J2 competition, Christopher Skelley won bronze, while GB beat Poland to third in the wheelchair fencing men's team epee.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2024

There are three weapons — epee, foil, saber — each with complex rules of its own.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 6, 2022

In fencing, the top four teams in the men’s team epee crashed out in the quarter-finals.

From Reuters Jul. 30, 2021

Romain Cannone won France’s first gold medal of the Tokyo Games moments later, beating Gergely Siklosi of Hungary 15-10 in the men’s epee final.

From Seattle Times Jul. 25, 2021

There are lots of girls carrying all kinds of blades: foil, epee, sabre.

From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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