The Collaborative International Dictionary
Quarte \Quarte\, n. [F.] Same as 2d Carte.
Carte \Carte\ ||Quarte \Quarte\, n. [F. quarte, prop., a fourth. Cf. Quart.] (Fencing) A position in thrusting or parrying, with the inside of the hand turned upward and the point of the weapon toward the adversary's right breast. [1913 Webster] ||
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Quarte can refer to:
- A type of parry in fencing; see Parry_(fencing)#Classification
- In music, the interval of a fourth; see Perfect fourth, Augmented fourth, and Diminished fourth
Usage examples of "quarte".
The taller man pressed, swatting the quarte basse aside and lunging so that Willsen skittered backward, his slippers squeaking with a staccato judder on the wooden floor which was liberally scattered with French chalk.
In spite of the complaints of the French as to the nonobservance of the rules, in spite of the fact that to some highly placed Russians it seemed rather disgraceful to fight with a cudgel and they wanted to assume a pose en quarte or en tierce according to all the rules, and to make an adroit thrust en prime, and so on the cudgel of the people's war was lifted with all its menacing and majestic strength, and without consulting anyone's tastes or rules and regardless of anything else, it rose and fell with stupid simplicity, but consistently, and belabored the French till the whole invasion had perished.
This is likewise subdivided into a straight Quarte when thou holdest thy Rapier with a Quarte and let the point sink down.