| 单词 | in quinte |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin quinte Fencing. The fifth of eight recognized parrying positions: (in foil and épée fencing) a low-line guard in which the blade is held in pronation and to the open side; (in sabre fencing) a high guard used to protect the head; a parry executed from this position. Frequently in in quinte. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] > positions in-stop14.. out-stopa1500 warda1586 guard1601 preem1603 unicorn guard1617 quarte1639 tierce1687 tierce guard1687 tierce parade1687 inside1692 carte1707 hanging guard1707 quinte1707 seconde1707 saccoon1708 prime1710 segoon1721 octave1771 supination1805 septime1861 sixte1885 sixth1885 corps à corps1910 1707 W. Hope New Method Fencing iv. 58 There is also a Quinte, or fifth Position, as they pretend, of the Sword-Hand. 1765 D. Angelo School of Fencing (ed. 2) 20 The thrust in quinte is made by making a feint on the half-circle parade, having your wrist in carte. 1771 A. Lonnergan Fencer's Guide vii. 29 I parry you with a Quarte, and force a Quinte over your blade; this forms a Flanconnade. 1851 N. Deering Bozzaris v. iv. 63 I'll teach thee how to pass By a new rule—tierce, carte, quinte, flanconnade. 1889 W. H. Pollock et al. Fencing (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 44 Quinte.—The hand to the left in pronation, at the height of the belt; the point well beyond the inside line. 1924 Times 8 Mar. 8/3 The bout went to four all before Major Stenson Cooke succeeded with a riposte from quinte riposte on a redoubled attack. 1955 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ In Memoriam James Joyce 92 I have spoken elsewhere of the master swordsman... Thrusts in quinte and lunges parried cercle. 1996 N. Evangelista Art & Sci. Fencing vii. 201 The sabre ‘quinte’ should not be confused with the ‘quinte’ of foil and épée, which covers the high-inside line with the sword hand in pronation. < as lemmas |
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