gladiature

English

Etymology

Latin gladiatura.

Noun

gladiature (plural gladiatures)

1. swordplay; gladiatorial contest
   • 1654, Edmund Gayton, Pleasant Notes upon Don Quixote:

     Nay in their amphitheatricall gladiatures, the lives of captives lay at the mercy of the Vulgar

References

“gladiature”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• lead guitar