SECONDE Definition & Meaning

seconde

[ si-kond; French suh-gawnd ]

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noun

Fencing.

plural secondes

the second of the eight defensive positions.

seconde

/ səɡɔ̃d; sɪˈkɒnd /

noun

the second of eight positions from which a parry or attack can be made in fencing

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Origin of seconde¹

1680–90; < French, feminine of second second ¹

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�y��vlog 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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