remise

Other forms: remises

Definitions of remise
  1. noun
    an expensive or high-class hackney
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    type of:
    hackney, hackney carriage, hackney coach
    a carriage for hire
  2. noun
    a small building for housing coaches and carriages and other vehicles
    synonyms: carriage house, coach house
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    type of:
    outbuilding
    a building that is subordinate to and separate from a main building
  3. noun
    (fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte)
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    type of:
    knife thrust, stab, thrust
    a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
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