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épée

or e·pee

[ ey-pey, ep-ey ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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

[ ey-pey ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

Charles Michel, Abbé de l', 1712–89, French priest and teacher of the Deaf: pioneer in the development of sign language.

épée

/ ˈɛpeɪ; epe /

a sword similar to the foil but with a larger guard and a heavier blade of triangular cross section

Origin of épée¹

1885–90; < French: sword < Latin spatha sword < Greek spáthē blade. See spade ¹

Origin of épée¹

C19: from French: sword, from Latin spatha, from Greek spathē blade; see spade ¹

Then another of the King's mucketeers stood by with drawn épée until he had finished eating.

He took the broad silk belt and the sheathed épée from Archambaud and buckled them around his waist.

Rastignac scooped up with his épée one of the abandoned Skins flopping on the floor and threw it at the foremost guard.

The tip of his épée drove past a bewildered mucketeer's blade and entered the fellow's throat just below the chin.

Que son épée ne tiendrait jamais au fourreau quand il serait question da faire sortir effet à cet arrêté.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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