Assertion: rapier | /r/HasProperty | use
Facets:
value: for single combat
type: PURPOSE
value: naturally
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Rapiers, of course, were naturally of use for single combat and were, in the main, carried only by Naval and Military officers, the enlisted men being armed with hangers and cutlasses of more simple design but with heavier cutting blades and very little pretence at thrusting qualities.