Sentence examples for flat of the sword from inspiring English sources
The presiding lord then presented the knight with the sword and shield and touched him on the shoulder with either the flat of the sword or the flat of his hand, saying, "I dub thee Sir".
A common element, however, was the use of the flat of a sword blade for a touch on the shoulder i.e., the accolade of knighthood as it survives in modern times.
One of the knights hit Becket on the head with the flat of his sword, perhaps not intending to kill him.
Moustache is said to have left the cuirassiers after he was struck by a cavalryman with the flat of his sword.
And before it started to descend from the height of noon, it leaned over and struck my shoulder as if with the flat of a sword, granting me honor and a task.
Journalists who asked questions were gassed, shot at with plastic bullets and hit with the flat edge of the blunt swords the guardsmen carry.
Japanese kenjutsu ("techniques of the sword") became kendō ("the way of the sword").
Who better to bring the sword upon our enemy than the wielders of the sword themselves?
It means Brigade of the Sword of the Prophets, not just Sword of the Prophets.
