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Definition of Passade
1. n. A pass or thrust.
Definition of Passade
1. a turn of a horse backward or forward on the same ground [n -S]
Literary usage of Passade
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Bayonet Exercise: Prepared for the Use of the Army of the United by George Brinton McClellan (1856)
"The passade.—Plate III. passade ! One time and one motion. 10. Move the right
foot twice its length in front of the left, parallel to its first position ..."
2. Infantry Tactics, Double and Single Rank, Adapted to American Topography and by Emory Upton (1875)
"passade. 129. Advance quickly the right foot fifteen inches in front of the ...
passade. 130. Carry the left foot quickly fifteen inches to the rear of the ..."
3. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1851)
"... and in some, as French and German, are even used in legal language for libel.
PASS, or passade, in fencing; nn advance or leap forward upon an ..."
4. The Sportsman's Dictionary; Or, The Gentleman's Companion: for Town and ...Hunting (1785)
"See ENTIRE, NAILS WALK. and a passade of five times. CHANNEL OF A HORSE, is the
hollow- between the two bars, or the nether jaw bones, in which the tongue ..."
5. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1838)
"PASS, or passade, in Fencing; an advance or leap forward upon an enemy Of these
there are several kinds, as passes within, above, beneath, to the right, ..."
6. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"A irte White, passade, in the manege, is a turn or course of a horse backwards
or forwards on the same spot of ground. Hence there are several sorts of ..."
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