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quarte

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quarte French [kart]
n
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Fencing) the fourth of eight basic positions from which a parry or attack can be made in fencing
[from French, fem of quart a quarter]


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And without losing a minute, thinking he saw an opening, he thrust his right in and forced Mordaunt to parry a counter en quarte so fine that the point of the weapon might have turned within a wedding ring.
 
 
 
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