saccoonn.
/səˈkuːn/ Fencing. ? Obsolete exc. Historical.
= seconde n.
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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
1708 in J. Ashton Social Life Reign of Queen Anne I. 135 [There were the lively Gauls..] ready to wound every Pillar with their Canes, as they pass'd by, either in Ters, Cart, or Saccoon.
1761 G. Colman Jealous Wife iv. i. 72 We'll go thro' the whole Exercise: Carte, Tierce, and Segoon, Captain!
1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke ix. 72 In quarte, tierce, or saccoon, the same holds good.
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