doubly-pointed

Updated: May 4, 2025

No arms were used in these encounters; the sportsman was provided only with a single doubly-pointed stick and a cast-net, like the one perhaps, used by the ancient gladiators. The object of these fierce combats was to capture and bind the bear, and to carry him in triumph from the scene of action! Charles was, it seems, a great proficient in this dangerous sport.

- Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 : A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more : than 200 of the most prominent personages in History