sixte

[ sikst ]

/ sɪkst /

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noun Fencing.

the sixth of eight defensive positions.

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Origin of sixte

1880–85; <French <Latin sextussixth

Words nearby sixte

sixpenny, six-pointer, six-shooter, Six Sigma, six-spot, sixte, sixteen, sixteenmo, sixteenpenny, sixteenth, Sixteenth Amendment

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How to use sixte in a sentence

Left a widow, she married again, this time the Baron Sixte du Chatelet.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z|Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
Whereunto are now newly added a sixte hundred of Epigrams by the sayde Iohn Heywood.
Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge|W. W. Greg
“Coronation,” an attack preceded by a circular movement from high sixte to high quarte (and vice versa) made famous by Lafaugre.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5|Various
The sixte parry is therefore followed, as a continuation of the movement, by the parry of quarte, or a counter parry.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5|Various

Parry of Sixte (against thrusts at the upper right-hand side).
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British Dictionary definitions for sixte

sixte

/ (sɪkst) /

noun

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

Word Origin for sixte

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

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