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Definition of Septime
1. Noun. (fencing) The seventh defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at knee level. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Septime
1. a position in fencing [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Septime
Literary usage of Septime
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fencing by Walter Herries Pollock (1897)
"From seconde to avoid counter-seconde and septime: simulate a ... From septime
to avoid counter-septime and seconde: simulate a double disengage into ..."
2. Fencing by Walter Herries Pollock, F. C. Grove, Camille Prevost (1893)
"From seconde to avoid counter-seconde and septime: simulate a ... From septime
to avoid counter-septime and seconde : simulate a double disengage into ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"From tierce against a double, or a change with a beat and counter-disengage :
parry septime and seconde, or septime and counter- septime. ..."
4. Theory and Practice of Musical Composition by Adolf Bernhard Marx, Emilius Girac (1860)
"Thus the simple diminished septime chord leads us immediately, or by means of an
assistant chord into all twelve major or minor keys, and to most of them in ..."
5. An Explanation of the Organ Stops with Hints for Effective Combinations by Carl Locher (1888)
"septime (seventh), as I understood from Profs. Fink and Palme, was intended for
the Nicolaikirche (Ladegast) at Leipsic. The organ-builders whom I consulted ..."
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