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

Example Sentences

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

The neophyte to savate � which permits blows with the feet as well as the hands � became one of its fastest-rising competitors.

From Time Magazine Archive

"He's English, but he fights French fashion with la savate."

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

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 Janifer, Laurence M.

Alexandre Dumas p�re says that Charles Lecour first conceived the idea of combining English boxing with savate.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various