stoccado
[ stuh-kah-doh ]
noun,plural stoc·ca·dos.Archaic.
a thrust with a rapier or other pointed weapon.
Origin of stoccado
11575–85; alteration of Italian stoccata, equivalent to stocc(o) swordpoint, dagger (<Germanic; compare Old English stocc stake) + -ata-ade1; -ado<Spanish, as in renegado
- Also stoc·ca·ta [stuh-kah-tuh]. /stəˈkɑ tə/.
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