doigtén.
Fencing.
Fingering; the use of the fingers (see quots.) Also figurative.
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1889 W. H. Pollock et al. Fencing (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) i. 51 The proper use of the thumb and fingers, called doigté, is of the greatest importance in fencing.
1931 F. C. Reynolds Book of Foil viii. 131 Finger play or ‘doigté’. In describing the various movements of attack and parry, stress has been laid on the importance of directing the point mainly by the action of the thumb and forefinger.
1931 F. C. Reynolds Book of Foil viii. 210 Doigté, the control of the point by the action of the thumb and forefinger.
1958 Spectator 4 July 27/2 Something missing in him as a politician, some lack in doigté.
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