| 单词 | at open guard |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat open guard a. Swordsmanship, Boxing, etc. A posture of defence; hence, the weapons or arms in such a posture. at open guard: in a position which leaves the swordsman open to attack. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of play, actions, or postures > [noun] > postures guard1601 stance1897 pike1928 tuck position1931 lay-back1948 tuck1951 tucked position1964 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > actions or positions first bloodc1540 guard1601 feint1684 in holds1713 shifting1793 rally1805 muzzler1811 one-two1811 stop1812 southpaw1813 fibbing1814 leveller1814 mouther1814 ribber1814 stomacher1814 teller1814 in-fighting1816 muzzling1819 weaving1821 out-fighting1831 arm guard1832 countering1858 counter1861 clinching1863 prop1869 clinch1875 right and left1887 hook-hit1890 hook1898 cross1906 lead1906 jolt1908 swing1910 body shot1918 head shot1927 bolo punch1950 snap-back1950 counterpunch1957 counterpunching1957 Ali shuffle1966 rope-a-dope1975 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 1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor i. iii. sig. C4 Twine your bodie more about, that you may come to a more sweet comely gentlemanlike guard . View more context for this quotation 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. vii. 85 + 2 The Scrimures of their nation He swore had neither motion, guard, nor eye, If you opposd them. 1649 T. Fuller Just Mans Funeral 7 This makes them lie at an open guard, not fencing. 1655 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 1st Pt. 111 He is a weak fencer that layes his soule at open guard to be stabbed and wounded with guilt, while he is lifting up his hands to save a broken head. 1687 W. Hope Scots Fencing-master 4 A Guard is a posture which a Man putteth his body into for the better defending of himself from his Adversaries thrusts or blowes. 1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. (at cited word) The word guard is seldom applied among small swordsmen to any position but those of carte and tierce; the other motions of defence are stiled parades. 1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. at Broadsword The principal guards with the broad sword are: The inside guard (similar to carte in fencing)..The outside guard (resembling tierce)..The medium guard, which is a position between the inside and outside guard..The hanging guard (similar to prime and seconde)..The St. George's guard, which protects the head. 1833 Regulations Instr. Cavalry i. iv. 123 Sword Exercise... Inside Guard—with the ‘single attack,’ the Files engage on the ‘Inside Guard’..Outside Guard—Repeating the ‘single attack,’ change to the ‘outside Guard.’ 1833 Regulations Instr. Cavalry 126 It is good practice to put them through the ‘Guards’ and ‘Points’. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. lvi. 112 Mr. Swiveller..performed the broad-sword exercise with all the cuts and guards complete. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 144 There are four chief guards to one or other of which the swordsman should constantly return after an interchange of blows, and these are known as Engaging Guards. < as lemmas |
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