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seconde

[ si-kond; French suh-gawnd ]

noun

Fencing.
plural secondes
  1. the second of the eight defensive positions.


seconde

/ səɡɔ̃d; sɪˈkɒnd /

noun

  1. the second of eight positions from which a parry or attack can be made in fencing
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of seconde1

1680–90; < French, feminine of second second 1
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of seconde1

C18: from French seconde parade the second parry
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And Michael de la Nuez, while spinning in a pirouette à la seconde, suddenly sliced his free leg backward and forward.

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Her positions are firm, she’s always correct — sprinkling à la seconde turns into her fouettés is very much a part of her skill set — but she’s more memorable when she can be earthy, expressive, vulnerable.

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They did a double à la seconde turn, one leg whipping out to the side in the middle of each swift revolution, followed by a triple pirouette dropping into a split.

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A dose of Sérum Seconde Peau is massaged into those patches.

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