‖ mandritta Fencing. Obs.
(mænˈdrɪtə)
[altered from It. mandritto, mandiritto, f. mano dritta right hand.]
A cut from right to left.
| 1595 Saviolo Practice i. 10 b, Cannot euery one of himselfe without teaching giue a mandritta? 1603 Dekker Wonderfull Yeare D 4, Hees the best Fencer in the world:..He has his Mandrittaes, imbrocataes, stramazones and stoccataes at his fingers ends. 1855 Kingsley Westw. Ho! iii, Wiping maudritta [sic], closing embrocata, And all the cant of the honourable fencing mystery. |