stoccado

stoccado

(stəˈkɑːdəʊ)
n, pl -does or -dos
a thrust with a sword or rapier in fencing
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The "venom'd stuck" (4.7.161) of the foil alludes to a fencing term (stoccado) rather than a preternatural "strike."
(32) The fencing language (a stoccado is a kind of stab) also echoes Pierces Supererogation, where Harvey says that John Lyly, another one of his manifold enemies, 'carriest the dubble stoccado in thy penne' (K1v).