Main Entry: épée

Pronunciation: \ˈe-ˌpā, ā-ˈpā\

Function: noun

Etymology: French, from Old French espee, Latin spatha

Date: 1889

1 : a fencing or dueling sword having a bowl-shaped guard and a rigid blade of triangular section with no cutting edge that tapers to a sharp point blunted for fencing — compare ⁵foil 1, saber
2 : the art or sport of fencing with the épée

[epee illustration]