1. (fencing) the fourth defensive position, with the sword hand held at chest height, and the tip of the sword at neck height
   - carte

Derived forms: quartes

• First Crusade
• first degree
• first derivative
• First Duke of Marlborough
• First Duke of Wellington
• First Earl Kitchener of Khartoum
• First Earl of Beaconsfield
• First Earl of Chatham
• First Earl of Orford
• First Earl Wavell
• First Epistle of John
• First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians
• First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians
• First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy
• First Epistle of Peter
• First Epistle to the Corinthians
• First Epistle to the Thessalonians
• First Epistle to Timothy
• first estate
• first floor
• first fruits
• first gear
• first half
• first harmonic
• first in first out