savate

American  

[suh-vat] / səˈvæt /

noun

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

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savate British  

/ səˈvæt /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of savate

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

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Example Sentences

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savate

In addition to the French language lessons and other instruction he was given, Hassanzade was initiated into French boxing by a local social worker and savate coach, Bruno Cardoso.

From Time Magazine Archive

But he can't engage in a free-for-all fight, not without long and careful training in that style of battle known as savate, or boxing with the feet.

From Charley de Milo by Laurence M. Janifer

Charley had never learned savate; he had never needed it.

From Charley de Milo by Laurence M. Janifer

Max stood his ground, rather expecting to be attacked in revenge by some of Pelle's angry allies; and the man who had warned him to beware of "la savate" took a step nearer him.

From A Soldier of the Legion by C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson

Then his right foot rose, in the famous and deadly blow of the savate.

From The Blue Lights A Detective Story by Frederic Arnold Kummer

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