Definition of "seconde" [seconde]

• The second defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, with the hand held in a prone position and the tip of the sword below the level of the guard. (noun)

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• ""seconde" and "thyrde parte;" also before the New Testament, the well-known one of Henry VIII. giving the Bible, but the space for"
• "Stay, look at this, "continued he, replying by a thrust in" seconde "to a straight thrust;" if I had lunged, I should have spitted you like a lark. ""
• "Il fait tout ce qui depend de lui pour supprimer la premiere et assurer la seconde."