backsword

noun

1. A sword with one sharp edge.

   “It [the dáo of the Nágá tribe, south-east of Assam] is a thick, heavy backsword, eighteen inches long, with a bevel where the point should be, worn at the waist in a half-scabbard of wood, and used for digging as well as killing.”

2. (UK, dated)A stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements.
3. (UK, dated)The game in which the stick is used.

   “One afternoon, as the missionary and I were sitting outside our tents, my attention was attracted towards a group of sepahis engaged under a banyantree, playing the game of backsword […]”