sixte

[ sikst ]

/ sɪkst /

noun Fencing.

the sixth of eight defensive positions.

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Origin of sixte

1880–85; < French < Latin sextus sixth

Words nearby sixte

sixer, sixfold, sixmo, sixpence, sixpenny, sixte, sixteen, sixteenmo, sixteenpenny, sixteenth, sixteenth amendment

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Example sentences from the Web for sixte

This parry has been practically discarded in favour of “sixte.”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5|Various
Sixte and Sinice came here to preach Christianity, and converted the consul Jovinus, whose cenotaph is in the archevch.
Vanished Halls and Cathedrals of France|George Warton Edwards
The sixte is to do them also with al mekenesse bothe in spyryte and gesture.
A Ryght Profytable Treatyse Compendiously Drawen Out Of Many and Dyvers Wrytynges Of Holy Men|Thomas Betson
Parry of Sixte (against thrusts at the upper right-hand side).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5|Various

Sixte Malaspina, introduced as one of the counsellors of Ratbert in a poem entitled 'Ratbert' not given here.
La Lgende des Sicles|Victor Hugo

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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