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Definition of Ripostes
1. riposte [v] - See also: riposte
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ripostes
Literary usage of Ripostes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"ripostes are of three kinds; direct, with a change of line or feints, ...
There are two kinds of direct ripostes : the riposte quitting the blade, ..."
2. Fencing by Walter Herries Pollock (1897)
"By ripostes with a change of line one or more parries are nullified, ... To succeed
with these ripostes, it is necessary to make a forecast of the defence, ..."
3. Fencing by Walter Herries Pollock, F. C. Grove, Camille Prevost (1893)
"To succeed with these ripostes, it is necessary to make a forecast of the ...
The ripostes with change of line and with feint, &c. are many in number. ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"There are three kinds of ripostes: direct, with feints and after a pause. ...
In making " ripostes with a feint " the point is not jabbed on to the ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"There are three kinds of ripostes: direct, with feints and after a pause. ...
In making " ripostes with a feint " the point is not jabbed on to the ..."
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