Assertion: rapier | /r/HasProperty | carried by unskilled men
Facets:
value: as with later smallswords
type: OTHER
value: as symbols of rank and authority
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: As with later smallswords (the duelling blade of 18th century gentlemen) some rapiers were also carried by unskilled men simply as symbols of rank and authority.
text: As with later smallswords (the duelling blade of 18th century gentlemen) some rapiers were also carried by unskilled men simply as symbols of rank and authority.