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Fencing position
Answer for the clue "Fencing position ", 6 letters:
quinte
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context fencing English) The fifth defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at knee height.
Usage examples of quinte.
Neil could answer, Sir Quinte fainted, and his men rushed to his side.
Sir Quinte revived during the process, but if the shattered bone caused him pain, he showed it only a little, and only in his eyes.
Sir Quinte and his squires ate and drank everything Neil did, and the thought left him.
If Sir Quinte was an enemy, he could easily follow him, and with his men take Neil whenever it was his pleasureat night, with no warning.
They entered a region of vineyards, rows of vines that stretched to the tops of the hills surrounding them, and Sir Quinte changed the topic to wine, about which he seemed quite knowledgeable.
Sir Quinte was as good as his word on one issue, at leastbefore the sunset, they followed a curve around the base of a hill and came upon the coven Saint Cer.
Behind him he heard the faint snick of steel coming from scabbard, and he realized that he had finally put Sir Quinte and the others at his back.
Sir Quinte said as he plucked out the eyeball of a trout and popped it into his mouth.
Sir Quinte changed the topic to wine, about which he seemed quite knowledgeable.