Usually means: Gripping blade for better control.
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  1. half-sword: Merriam-Webster
  2. half-sword: Wordnik
  3. Half-sword: Dictionary.com
  4. Half-sword: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. Half-sword: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. half-sword: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Half-sword: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. half-sword: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  9. half-sword: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Half-sword, Half-sword: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wikipedia (Half-sword)

noun:  Half-sword, in 14th- to 16th-century fencing with longswords, refers to the technique of gripping the central part of the sword blade with the left hand in order to execute more forceful thrusts against armoured and unarmoured opponents.

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