The terms used by the Italian, Spanish and French masters during the heyday of this weapon were simply the equivalent of "sword", i.e. "spada", "espada", and "épée" ("espée"). When it was necessary to specify the type of sword, Spanish used "espada ropera" ("dress sword", recorded 1468), and Italian used "spada da lato" "side-sword" or "spada da lato a striscia" (in modern Italian simply "striscia" "strip"), sometimes also called "Stocco".The Spanish name was registered for the first time in las Coplas de la panadera, by Juan de Mena, written between 1445 and 1450 approximately.