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Seconde

The second defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, with the hand held in a prone position and the tip of the sword below the level of the guard.

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    The second defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, with the hand held in a prone position and the tip of the sword below the level of the guard.

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partenounObsolete spelling of part. [A portion; a component.]
secnoun(informal) Second, ¹⁄₆₀ of a minute.
tymenounA male given name.
linenounA path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
quartenoun(fencing) The fourth defensive position, with the sword hand held at chest height, and the tip of the sword at neck height, the palm of the hand facing upwards.
cartenounA bill of fare; a menu.
sword handnoun(fencing) The hand in which one's sword is normally held.
sword armnoun(fencing) The arm in which one's sword is normally held.
wardnounProtection, defence.
two-handernoun(theater, film) A play, film, or television programme with only two main characters.
recoververb(transitive) To replenish to, resume (a good state of mind or body).
debolenoun(fencing) The flexible part of the blade near the tip of light swords such as rapiers.
salut des armesnoun(fencing) A sort of a choreographed demonstration of arms, consisting of sets of fencers saluting, attacking, parrying, drilling and performing set routines in chorus.
guardnounA person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.
sabrenounA light sword with a curved blade, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.
low linenounSynonym of underscore.
swordletnounA little sword.
solenoun(anatomy) The bottom or plantar surface of the foot.
quillonnounSynonym of crossguard (“a metal bar fixed between, and at right angles to, the blade and the handle of a sword or other bladed weapon that stops an opponent's similar weapon from sliding along the blade and injuring the hand of the person wielding the sword”).
martingalenounA gambling strategy in which one doubles the stake after each loss.

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