Definition of Passado

1. Noun. (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward.

Exact synonyms: Lunge, Straight Thrust
Category relationships: Fencing
Generic synonyms: Knife Thrust, Stab, Thrust
Terms within: Remise

Definition of Passado

1. a forward thrust in fencing [n -DOS or -DOES]

Literary usage of Passado

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A New England Childhood by Margaret Fuller (1916)
"XI AH, THE IMMORTAL passado! ALL the boys at Deacon Stedman's looked forward to the midsummer holidays. It was their chief topic of talk. ..."

2. A New England Childhood by Margaret Fuller (1916)
"XI AH, THE IMMORTAL passado! ALL the boys at Deacon Stedman's looked forward to the midsummer holidays. It was their chief topic of talk. ..."

3. A Dictionary of the Portuguese and English Languages, in Two Parts ...by Antonio Vieyra, Jacinto Dias do Canto by Antonio Vieyra, Jacinto Dias do Canto (1827)
"Passar, to slide, to pass along by silent and unobserved progression,as or stall, was the resort of a¡ a sword. passado ilu dor,' spend, or employ; as, ..."

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