English

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Etymology

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From French salle d’armes.

Noun

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salle d'armes (plural salles d'armes)

  1. A hall or room used for fencing.
    • 2006, Gabriel Banat, The Chevalier de Saint-Georges: virtuoso of the sword and the bow:
      To the fencing masters and the thousands of amateurs frequenting the salles d'armes of Paris, Saint-Georges personified the art of fencing...

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French

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Noun

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salle d’armes f (plural salles d’armes)

  1. fencing school