Stoccado
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Stoccado is a noun meaning (obsolete) A stab with a pointed weapon.
Meaning
(obsolete) A stab with a pointed weapon.
Example Sentences
Yet will not such leave to lift-up their joyned hands to heaven, give them but a stoccado [translating coup d'espée] on their breast […]
[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: […]
Word Forms
- stoccados
- stoccadoes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stoccade, stoccata, stock, stab, staking, stuck.
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