‖ sixte
(sɪkst)
[F. sixte sixth.]
A particular position in fencing.
| 1885 E. Castle Schools & Masters of Fence 138 It is..probable that seven out of the eight modern parries, ‘prime, seconde, tierce, quarte, sixte..’ were practised..in the early days of Louis XIV.'s reign. 1889 Pollock Fencing (Badm.) p. xi, Time Thrust in Sixte. |