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épée
1or e·pee
[ ey-pey, ep-ey ]
noun
, Fencing.
- a rapier with a three-sided blade and a guard over the tip.
- the art or sport of fencing with an épée, points being made by touching any part of the opponent's body with the tip of the weapon.
Épée
2[ ey-pey ]
noun
- Charles Michel, Abbé de l', 1712–89, French priest and teacher of the Deaf: pioneer in the development of sign language.
épée
/ epe; ˈɛpeɪ /
noun
- a sword similar to the foil but with a larger guard and a heavier blade of triangular cross section
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of épée1
C19: from French: sword, from Latin spatha, from Greek spathē blade; see spade 1
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Example Sentences
Then another of the King's mucketeers stood by with drawn épée until he had finished eating.
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He took the broad silk belt and the sheathed épée from Archambaud and buckled them around his waist.
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Rastignac scooped up with his épée one of the abandoned Skins flopping on the floor and threw it at the foremost guard.
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The tip of his épée drove past a bewildered mucketeer's blade and entered the fellow's throat just below the chin.
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Que son épée ne tiendrait jamais au fourreau quand il serait question da faire sortir effet à cet arrêté.
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