Boys' own book : a complete encyclopedia of athletic, scientific, outdoor, and indoor sports (1881)
Clarke, William, 1800-1838 · New York : J. Miller, Publisher · leaf 149
To give a further exemplification of the counter-disen-gagement in octave, it is also performed by first making afeint, as if you intended to thrust octave; he naturally op-poses it, by forming his parade in octave; then nimbly dis- 136 boys OWJSr BOOK. engage over his arm to carte inside, and… … The counter-disengagement in semi-circle is performed onthe engagement of carte, when your adversary accustomsMmseK to take the parade of semi-circle, by first making afeint, as if you meant to thrust low carte, which he attemptsto parry with semi-circle, then nimbly disengaging over hisarm, and…
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