quarte

American  

[kahrt, kart] / kɑrt, kart /

noun

Fencing.

• quartes
  plural

1. the fourth of eight defensive positions.

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quarte British  

/ kart /

noun

1. the fourth of eight basic positions from which a parry or attack can be made in fencing

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• quartes
  plural

Etymology

Origin of quarte

1690–1700; < French, feminine of quart fourth < Latin quartus

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

quarte quartes

Tesla plans to prepare its first factor to produce the humanoid robots in the second quarte.

From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026

Backup Nick Patti essentially played the fourth quarter and overtime on one leg, limping noticeably on every play after absorbing a sack early in the final quarte.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 10, 2022

A snap of steel — a thrust in quarte; The watching ladies clap and laugh ...

From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2012

Lead the highest of a sequence; but if you have a quarte or cinque to a king, lead the lowest.

From Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby by Anonymous

When your opponent thrusts in quarte, you need only do this, and when they thrust in tierce, you need only do this.

From The Middle-Class Gentleman by Philip Dwight Jones

Therefore if a cubicall foote doe conteine 4 quarters, as we commonly call them, then shall the vessell conteine 822.6/7 quartes, that is almost 823 quartes.

From The Way To Geometry by William Bedwell

The learned dog again scraped together the heroism of the Duke of Wellington, the dwarf again showed his not-to-be-parried tierces and quartes, and Mademoiselle Laurence again began her wondrous dance.

From The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine by Heinrich Heine

Your wines shalbe solde by hogs heads, pipes or buttes, but not by quartes nor pintes.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 04 by Richard Hakluyt