b.Sword exercise. to give the point: to make a direct thrust. to give ‘third point’: see pointn.1 19c.
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1833 Regulations Instr. Cavalryi. iv. 125 Advance the body by extension of the left leg, and give ‘Third Point’.
1893 W. Forbes-MitchellReminisc. Great Mutiny 213 MacBean made a feint cut, but instead gave the point, and put his sword through the chest of his opponent.