noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The action of two fencers coming into physical contact with one another with any portion of their bodies or hilts.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French corps-à-corps (literally “body to body”). Compare corps, corpse, corpus.

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