appel

[ uh-pel, a-pel; French a-pel ]

noun

, Fencing.

, plural ap·pels [uh, -, pelz, a-, pelz, a, -, pel].

1. a tap or stamp of the foot, formerly serving as a warning of one's intent to attack, but now also used as a feint.
2. a sharp stroke with the blade used for the purpose of procuring an opening.

Appel

¹

/ ˈɑpəl /

noun

1. AppelKarel19212006MDutchARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Karel (ˈkaːrəl). 1921–2006, Dutch abstract expressionist painter

appel

²

/ apɛl; əˈpɛl /

noun

1. a stamp of the foot, used to warn of one's intent to attack
2. a sharp blow with the blade made to procure an opening

Word History and Origins

Origin of appel¹

From French; appeal

Word History and Origins

Origin of appel¹

from French: challenge

Example Sentences

And now it is appearing in English for the first time, translated with great stamina by Anne Milano Appel.

From The Daily Beast

“The strategy is to shred her credibility,” said Mark Appel, an advocate for abuse victims in the Jewish community.

From The Daily Beast

Jadis il a t Dieu: il s'est appel Osiris, Apollon, est-ce que je sais?

From Project Gutenberg

Et tout coup je m'apparais celuiQui s'est, hors de soi-mme, enfuiVers le sauvage appel des forces unanimes.

From Project Gutenberg

An opening into the furnace of appel, by which vapours may be let off from any operation by taking out the plug at M.

From Project Gutenberg

I've got Appel starting for up there in half an hour in my car to take charge of everything and with orders to spare no expense.

From Project Gutenberg

Lunging into the darkness he stumbled over Appel's legs and tumbled headlong out into the narrow aisle.

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