OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 59223

cold weapon

/kəʊld ˈwɛp(ə)n/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
arma blanca
A weapon that does not use explosives or fire.
A fencing-room in which twenty or thirty couples of men are practising, is a fair illustration of a mélée with cold weapons.
The most effective weapons in the hands of the Caucasians was the sword, or as the Russians call it "the cold weapon" ["khalodnoye orúdiye," as opposed to firearms "agniovoye orúdi…
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