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stoccado

American  
[stuh-kah-doh] / stəˈkɑ doʊ /
Also stoccata

noun

Archaic.

plural

stoccados

  1. a thrust with a rapier or other pointed weapon.

Etymology

Origin of stoccado

1575–85; alteration of Italian stoccata, equivalent to stocc ( o ) swordpoint, dagger (< Germanic; compare Old English stocc stake) + -ata -ade 1; -ado < Spanish, as in renegado

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