Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In fencing, the ninth and last thrust, usually aimed at the side.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Fencing) A thrust in the side.
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- noun fencing A
thrust in theside .
Etymologies
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French
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Examples
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"Very good," the vicomte admitted, lunging in flanconade.
The Grey Cloak Harold MacGrath 1901
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"ah!" when the point was nicely avoided; there were lunges in quart, there were cuts over and under, thrusts in flanconade and tierce, feint and double-feint, and sudden disengagements.
The Grey Cloak Harold MacGrath 1901
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