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单词 quarte and tierce
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quarte and tierce
quarte and tierce n. an exercise in which the opponent lunges repeatedly while the student alternately parries in quarte and tierce (which are the first two guards to be learnt); frequently figurative.
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case of falchions1489
foils1600
quarte and tierce1785
cut and thrust1840
sabre1954
1785 Daily Universal Reg. 24 Dec. 3/2 The combatants began with quart and tierce, when R. attempting to parry round quart, contrary to the custom in that play, was hit by Goddard.
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. iv. vii. 150 The assassin stab of time was parried by the quart and tierce of art.
1872 R. Browning Fifine xvi Words urged in vain..You waste your quarte and tierce.
1889 Ld. Tennyson Demeter & other Poems 173 Subtle at tierce and quart of mind with mind.]
1920 Times 19 Jan. 10/2 They..saw nothing in mere quart and tierce, in Italian suppleness and Latin rhythm.
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