stramazoun
/stɹɑ.ma.zuːn/
stramazoun noun: a direct descending blow with the sword edge.
Noun
stramazoun (plural stramazouns)
- A direct descending blow with the sword edge.
- But I (being loth to take the deadly advauntage that lay before mee of his left ſide) made a kind of stramazoun, ran him vp to the hilts, through the Doublet, through the Shirt, and yet miſt the skin.1599 (first performance), B. I. [i.e., Ben Jonson], The Comicall Satyre of Euery Man out of His Humor. […], London: […] [Adam Islip] for William Holme, […], published 1600, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iii...
- Thy fincture, carricade, and sly passata,
Thy stramazon, and resolute stoccata.1855, Charles Kingsley, Westward Ho!: Or, The Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, […], volume I, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC, page 96
- Synonyms:
- estramacon
Synonyms of stramazoun
Forms of stramazoun
| plural | stramazouns |
|---|---|
| alternative form | stramazon |
Origin of stramazoun
From Italian stramazzone.
Questions about stramazoun
- What does stramazoun mean?
- Stramazoun means a direct descending blow with the sword edge.
- What part of speech is stramazoun?
- Stramazoun is a noun.
- How do you pronounce stramazoun?
- Stramazoun is pronounced /stɹɑ.ma.zuːn/.
- What is the plural of stramazoun?
- The plural of stramazoun is stramazouns.
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