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quarte definition

quarte (kärt; Fr kȧrt)

noun

Fencing the fourth position (of thrust or parry) in which the hand is turned nails up, and the point of the weapon is about eye level

Etymology: Fr, fem. of quart, fourth

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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