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 the second bullet ploughed into the ceiling as Lanyard in desperation executed a coup de pied in la savate, and narrowly succeeded in kicking the pistol from Dupont's grasp.

From Alias the Lone Wolf by Louis Joseph Vance

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

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

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

Luckily for the Englishman he had clutched Dubois before the latter could attempt any of the expedients of the savate.

From The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective by Louis Tracy

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