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Passage of arms

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A chivalric feat of arms involving the forcing of a passage protected by a knight or a group of knights.
  2. 2
    Any feat of arms, especially when used to display the prowess of the participants.
  3. 3
    A fight; (figuratively), an argument or verbal altercation.

    "[S]he is the high standard of comparison among the neighbouring wives […], who in any domestic passages of arms habitually call upon their husbands to look at the difference between their position and Mrs. Snagsby’s[…]."

Etymology

From French.

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