botte secrèten.

Brit.

/bɒt səˈkrɛt/, U.S.

/ˌbɑt səˈkrɛt/

Inflections: Plural bottes secrètes.

Forms: 1800s– botte secrète, 1900s– botte secret.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French botte secrète.

Etymology: < French botte secrète (1835 or earlier in this sense) < botte botte n.² + secrète , feminine of secret secret adj., after Italian botta segreta (second half of the 18th cent. or earlier as a fencing term, as well as in extended use). Compare slightly earlier botte n.²Never fully naturalized in English.

Fencing. Now rare and historical.

A concealed or surprise attack; a thrust which is believed to be difficult or impossible to parry. Also in extended use.

ΚΠ

1853 Musical World 23 July 468/1 In a short time Jullien was quite master of the botte secrète, and as at home in the treacherous lunge as Reboul himself.

1891 Once a Week 22 Sept. 10/1 Casanova..believes firmly in a certain ‘botte secrète’—a cunning thrust which never fails him.

1912 Times 10 Aug. 3/3 It may or may not be true that there are no bottes secrètes in war.

1933 H. Allen Anthony Adverse vii. 92 The marquis..was no believer in the bottes secrets of the old school of fence.

2002 R. Cohen By Sword (2010) ii. vi. 126 The most famous user of a botte secrète..Guy de Chabot, Comte de Jarnac, deployed his celebrated ‘Coup de Jarnac’ against François de Vivonne..on July 10, 1547.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	botte secrète
释义	botte secrèten. Brit. /bɒt səˈkrɛt/, U.S. /ˌbɑt səˈkrɛt/ Inflections: Plural bottes secrètes. Forms: 1800s– botte secrète, 1900s– botte secret. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French botte secrète. Etymology: < French botte secrète (1835 or earlier in this sense) < botte botte n.² + secrète , feminine of secret secret adj., after Italian botta segreta (second half of the 18th cent. or earlier as a fencing term, as well as in extended use). Compare slightly earlier botte n.²Never fully naturalized in English. Fencing. Now rare and historical. A concealed or surprise attack; a thrust which is believed to be difficult or impossible to parry. Also in extended use. ΚΠ 1853 Musical World 23 July 468/1 In a short time Jullien was quite master of the botte secrète, and as at home in the treacherous lunge as Reboul himself. 1891 Once a Week 22 Sept. 10/1 Casanova..believes firmly in a certain ‘botte secrète’—a cunning thrust which never fails him. 1912 Times 10 Aug. 3/3 It may or may not be true that there are no bottes secrètes in war. 1933 H. Allen Anthony Adverse vii. 92 The marquis..was no believer in the bottes secrets of the old school of fence. 2002 R. Cohen By Sword (2010) ii. vi. 126 The most famous user of a botte secrète..Guy de Chabot, Comte de Jarnac, deployed his celebrated ‘Coup de Jarnac’ against François de Vivonne..on July 10, 1547. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1853
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