What is "feints"

Usage examples of "feints".

Each of the adversaries seemed to await some movement on the part of the other, and the Federal commander made heavy feints against both the Confederate right and left, with the view of discovering some weak point, or of inducing Lee to lay himself open to attack.

The feints and slight encounters preceding the battle of Fredericksburg are not of much interest or importance.

He punched at the keyboard, programming a few short grav-drive feints to keep them occupied.

He had devised a complicated plan of attack involving feints and counterfeints and was eager to try out his newfound military skills.

There would be no more feints and jabs, no more combinations and exchanges.