单词 | at foils |
释义 | > as lemmasat foils 2. plural. The exercise of fencing with foils, esp. in phrase at foils. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] > types of case of falchions1489 foils1600 quarte and tierce1785 cut and thrust1840 sabre1954 1600 T. Nashe Summers Last Will (Grosart) 130 It makes him..fight..as though hee were but a foyles amongst his fellows. a1643 W. Cartwright Ordinary (1651) ii. v. 33 Credulous. Where's your cloak? Andrew. Going to foiles ev'n now, I put it off. 1841 R. W. Emerson Prudence in Ess. 1st Ser. (London ed.) 239 Entire self-possession may make a battle very little more dangerous to life than a match at foils. < as lemmas |
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