ap·pel ( -p l )n. Sports A quick stamp of the foot used in fencing as a feint to produce an opening. [French, from appeler, to call, from Old French apeler, to appeal; see appeal.] |
appel [əˈpɛl (French) apɛl]
n Fencing
1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Fencing) a stamp of the foot, used to warn of one's intent to attack
2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Fencing) a sharp blow with the blade made to procure an opening
[from French: challenge]
Appel (Dutch) [ˈɑpəl]
n
(Biographies / Appel, Karel (1921 M, Dutch, ARTS AND CRAFTS: painter) Karel (ˈkaːrəl). born 1921, Dutch abstract expressionist painter
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