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Definition of Sixte
1. Noun. (fencing) The sixth defensive position, with the sword hand held at chest height, and the tip of the sword at eye level. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sixte
1. a fencing parry [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sixte
Literary usage of Sixte
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Historical Literature: Comprising Brief Descriptions of the Most by Charles Kendall Adams (1889)
"Segretain, EA — sixte V. et Henri IV. Introduction du Protestantisme en France.
8vo, Paris, 1861. One of the most successful accounts of the Reformation in ..."
2. The Ancren Riwle: A Treatise on the Rules and Duties of Monastic Life by James Morton (1853)
"... ut of J>isse vifte dole, into J>e sixte dole. Al is penitence, 7 tet strong
penitence, ... sixte ..."
3. Collectanea Anglo-poetica: Or, A Bibliographical and Descriptive Catalogue by Thomas Corser, James Crossley (1878)
"Whereunto are now newly added a sixte hundred of Epigrams by the sayde John Heywood.
Londini. 1566. [Colophon.] Imprinted at London in Fleete streete by ..."
4. Fixed Bayonets: A Complete System of Fence for the British Magazine Rifle by Alfred Hutton (1890)
"This parry of under-sixte is also extremely useful, as shown by M. le Capitaine
Chatin, a French officer, in his excellent little work 'L'Escrime a la ..."
5. Bibliotheca Grenvilliana by Thomas Grenville, John Thomas Payne, Henry Foss, William Brenchley Rye (1842)
"sixte V. et publiée par l'autorité de Clément VIII. A Paris, chez Charles Fasset,
1672. 12mo. в. M. It has never been hitherto remarked that this edition 14 ..."
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