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▪ I. † steˈccado1 Obs.
Also 7 steccato, stecata.
[ad. It. steccada, mod.It. steccata palisade, lists to fight in: see -ado.]
1. Lists to fight or joust in.
1600O. E. [M. Sutcliffe] Repl. Libel Ep. Ded. 9 It shall not be long, before I come into the steccato, and buckle with you againe. Ibid. i. vii. 184 A foolish challenger, that euen in the midst of danger conueieth himselfe out of the steccato. 1617Minsheu Ductor. 1656Blount Glossogr.
2. A palisade of stakes, stockade.
1652Earl of Monmouth tr. Bentivoglio's Hist. Relat. 29 He master'd the River of Schelde with his famous Stecata. 1654― tr. Bentivoglio's Warrs Flanders 225 Divers rowes of great Piles of Trees..closed together overthwart with divers others..; they were called Steccadoes... The Steccado of Callo advanced about 120 usual paces.
▪ II. † steˈccado2 Obs. rare—1.
[erron. form of stoccado.]
A thrust with a rapier.
c1600Distracted Emp. iv. ii. in Bullen Old Pl. (1884) III. 233 Favorytts are not without their steccados, imbrocados and pun[to]-reversos. |