匕首

  A common long dagger, "poignard" (poniard),or "pugnale" was a favored companion, carried en-suite witha sword or rapier as a backup weapon or even on its own.

  通常，人們喜歡把長匕首、“poignard”(法語)、“pugnale”(意大利語)與劍、迅捷劍，甚至匕首搭配成套作為其后備武器。

  The dagger was lightweight, deadly, and elegant.

  匕首輕巧，致命，優(yōu)雅。

  Used primarily as a defensive weapon, dagger fighting was an art itself.

  匕首主要用作防御武器，匕首戰(zhàn)斗本身就是是一種藝術(shù)。

  Technically, a poniard was square or triangular shapedwith no edge, while a dagger had a knife-like blade.

  技術(shù)上講，刺匕Poniard劍身橫截面成三角或者菱形且無刃。而匕首dagger的劍體類似小刀。

  Generally, daggers in the Middle Ages were employedpoint down, pommel up, while those in the Renaissance were used point up withthe thumb placed on the hilt.

  一般來說，中世紀(jì)的匕首握法是劍尖朝下，柄端朝上。而那些文藝復(fù)興時(shí)期的匕首則劍尖朝上，且把拇指貼在刀柄上。

  Many later daggers for use with rapiers had elaborateguards and were specially designed for trapping and parrying.

  后來，許多設(shè)計(jì)與迅捷劍一起使用的匕首有著精心設(shè)計(jì)的劍格，專門用于卡住敵方的武器，以及格擋攻擊。