stoccado

[ stuh-kah-doh ]

noun,plural stoc·ca·dos.Archaic.
  1. a thrust with a rapier or other pointed weapon.

Origin of stoccado

1
1575–85; alteration of Italian stoccata, equivalent to stocc(o) swordpoint, dagger (<Germanic; compare Old English stocc stake) + -ata-ade1; -ado<Spanish, as in renegado
  • Also stoc·ca·ta [stuh-kah-tuh]. /stəˈkɑ tə/.

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