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Equipment Glossary

Bayonet: a type of electrical connector for foil and sabre.
Baudry point: a safety collar placed around a live epee point to prevent dangerous penetration.
Breast Protectors: otherwise known as rice bowls, fit into the women's jacket.
Button: the safety tip on the end of practice and sporting swords.
Epee: a fencing weapon with triangular cross-section blade and a large bell guard; also a light dueling sword of similar design, popular in the mid-19th century; epee de terrain; dueling sword.
Foil: a fencing weapon with rectangular cross-section blade and a small bell guard; any sword that has been buttoned to render it less dangerous for practice.
French Grip: a traditional hilt with a slightly curved grip and a large pommel.
Guard: the metal cup or bow that protects the hand from being hit. Also, the defensive position assumed when not attacking.
Hilt: the handle of a sword, consisting of guard, grip, and pommel.
Italian Grip: a traditional hilt with finger rings and crossbar.
Lame: a metallic vest/jacket used to detect valid touches in foil and sabre.
Pistol Grip: a modern, orthopedic grip, shaped vaguely like a small pistol; varieties are known by names such as Belgian, German, Russian, and Visconti.
Plastron: a partial jacket worn for extra protection; typically a half-jacket worn under the main jacket on the weapon-arm side of the body.
Pommel: a fastener that attaches the grip to the blade.
Sabre: a fencing weapon with a flat blade and knuckle guard, used with cutting or thrusting actions; a military sword popular in the 18th to 20th centuries; any cutting sword used by cavalry.
Two Prong: a type of body-wire/connector, used in foil and sabre.
Whites: fencing clothing include jacket and Knickers + glove (socks and shoes).