savate

[ suh-vat ]

noun

1. a sport resembling boxing but permitting blows to be delivered with the feet as well as the hands.

savate

/ səˈvæt /

noun

1. a form of boxing in which blows may be delivered with the feet as well as the hands

Word History and Origins

Origin of savate¹

1860–65; < French: literally, old shoe. See sabot

Word History and Origins

Origin of savate¹

C19: from French, literally: old worn-out shoe; related to sabot

Example Sentences

La savate—a military practice of beating with an old shoe soldiers unskilful at drill.

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Also he had practiced the Savate and was familiar with jiu jitsu—but he didn't need either of them.

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It is a development of the old sport of savate, in which the feet, and not the hands, were used in attack.

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He fought on with hands and feet, even drawing, against these odds, on the savate he had learned in Paris.

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Indeed, if the object of boxing be to use all means of offence and defence, the savate is indispensable.

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