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Definition of Savate
1. Noun. a form of French martial art that involves combinations of punching and kicking moves ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Savate
1. a pugilistic sport [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Savate
Literary usage of Savate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: From Gales and by United States Congress, Thomas Hart Benton (1860)
"... the passage of the bill, the President's objections notwithstanding, and
decided as follows : У IAS.—Messrs. Bayard, Buchanan, Clay, Clayton, | savate. ..."
2. Boxing by R. G. Allanson-Winn (1897)
"LA savate. AS a work on self-defence would hardly be complete without some
reference to the ... In the savate you have, as it were, four weapons of attack, ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"It is a development of the old sport of savate, in which the feet, and not the
hands, ... Lessons in savate, which was practised especially by roughs, ..."
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