sixte

[ sikst ]

noun

, Fencing.

1. the sixth of eight defensive positions.

sixte

/ sɪkst /

noun

1. the sixth of eight basic positions from which a parry or attack can be made in fencing

Word History and Origins

Origin of sixte¹

1880–85; < French < Latin sextus sixth

Word History and Origins

Origin of sixte¹

from French: (the) sixth (parrying position), from Latin sextus sixth

Example Sentences

Left a widow, she married again, this time the Baron Sixte du Chatelet.

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Whereunto are now newly added a sixte hundred of Epigrams by the sayde Iohn Heywood.

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“Coronation,” an attack preceded by a circular movement from high sixte to high quarte (and vice versa) made famous by Lafaugre.

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The sixte parry is therefore followed, as a continuation of the movement, by the parry of quarte, or a counter parry.

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Parry of Sixte (against thrusts at the upper right-hand side).

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