corps-a-corps
Meanings
noun
- The action of two fencers coming into physical contact with one another with any portion of their bodies or hilts.
Word forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French corps-à-corps (literally “body to body”). Compare corps, corpse, corpus.
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