Stramazoun
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /stɹɑ.ma.zuːn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Stramazoun is a noun meaning (obsolete) A direct descending blow with the sword edge.
Meaning
(obsolete) A direct descending blow with the sword edge.
Example Sentences
Thy fincture, carricade, and sly passata, Thy stramazon, and resolute stoccata.
There were others that made it their glory to pass for Hectors, sons of Priam, brothers of the blade; and talked of nothing but attacks, combats, reverses, stramazons, stoccados;[…]
But I (being loth to take the deadly advauntage that lay before mee of his left ſide) made a kind of stramazoun, ran him vp to the hilts, through the Doublet, through the Shirt, and yet miſt the skin.
Word Forms
- stramazouns
- stramazon
Synonyms for stramazoun
Depending on context, synonyms include estramacon.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stramazon, estramacon, strig, stroak, smite, stuck.
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