stoccado
[ stuh-kah-doh ]
/ stəˈkɑ doʊ /
noun, plural stoc·ca·dos. Archaic.
a thrust with a rapier or other pointed weapon.
Nearby words
- stoa,
- stoae,
- stoat,
- stoating,
- stob,
- stoccata,
- stochastic,
- stochastic matrix,
- stochastic terrorism,
- stochastic variable
Also stoc·ca·ta [stuh-kah-tuh] /stəˈkɑ tə/.
Origin of stoccado
1575–85; alteration of Italian stoccata, equivalent to stocc(o) swordpoint, dagger (< Germanic; compare Old English stocc stake) + -ata -ade1; -ado < Spanish, as in renegado
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