savate
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of savate
1860–65; < French: literally, old shoe. See sabot
Example Sentences
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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
Why should the Frenchman call his wooden shoe a sabot and his old shoe a savate, both from the same root?
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 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
For his is a form of la savate which admits neither of duck, guard, nor counter; and leaves its signature in a form long to be remembered and hard to stitch up.
From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 29, May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various
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