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

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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

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

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

The "savate" as practised by the French boxer is the art of using the feet the same as the hands, and it is a means of offence not to be despised.

From Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life by Murray, Charles Theodore

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

From The Blue Lights A Detective Story by Kummer, Frederic Arnold

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

From Charley de Milo by Janifer, Laurence M.