Stoccado
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A stab with a pointed weapon. obsolete
"[William] Page. I haue heard the French-man hath good skill in his Rapier. / [Robert] Shal[low] Tut ſir: I could haue told you more: In theſe times you ſtand on diſtance: your Paſſes, Stoccado’s, and I knovv not vvhat: […]"
Example
More examples"[William] Page. I haue heard the French-man hath good skill in his Rapier. / [Robert] Shal[low] Tut ſir: I could haue told you more: In theſe times you ſtand on diſtance: your Paſſes, Stoccado’s, and I knovv not vvhat: […]"
Etymology
From Italian stoccata.
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