croisé

noun

An action in which one fencer forces the opponent’s blade into the high or low line on the same side, by taking it with the guard and forte of his own blade

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Meanings

nouncroisé (plural croisés)

plural croisés

  1. fencingAn action in which one fencer forces the opponent’s blade into the high or low line on the same side, by taking it with the guard and forte of his own blade

Origin

  1. Frenchcroisé
  2. Englishcroisé

Borrowed from French croisé. Doublet of cruciate.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “croisé,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crois%C3%A9.

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