sentiment du fer

noun

The ability to feel along the length of a fencing sword through holding only the weapon's grip, a quality of an experienced fencer.

Meanings

nounsentiment du fer (uncountable)
  1. uncountablefencingThe ability to feel along the length of a fencing sword through holding only the weapon's grip, a quality of an experienced fencer.

Origin

  1. Frenchsentiment du fer
  2. Englishsentiment du fer

Borrowed from French sentiment du fer (literally “feeling of the iron”).

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sentiment du fer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sentiment%20du%20fer

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“sentiment du fer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sentiment%20du%20fer. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sentiment du fer,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sentiment%20du%20fer.

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