estocade
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French estoquade. Borrowed from Spanish estocada, ultimately from Italian stoccata.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
estocade f (plural estocades)
- (bullfighting) the mortal impalement of a bull
- (figurative, literary) a sudden and violent attack
- (fencing) a stroke with the tip of the sword
- Hyponym: botte
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Further reading edit
- “estocade” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
- “estocade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.