REMISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does remise mean? 

• REMISE (noun)
  The noun REMISE has 3 senses:

1. an expensive or high-class hackney

2. a small building for housing coaches and carriages and other vehicles

3. (fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte)

  Familiarity information: REMISE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REMISE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An expensive or high-class hackney

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("remise" is a kind of...):

hackney; hackney carriage; hackney coach (a carriage for hire)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A small building for housing coaches and carriages and other vehicles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

carriage house; coach house; remise

Hypernyms ("remise" is a kind of...):

outbuilding (a building that is subordinate to and separate from a main building)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("remise" is a kind of...):

knife thrust; stab; thrust (a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument)

Domain category:

fencing (the art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules))

Holonyms ("remise" is a part of...):

lunge; passado; straight thrust ((fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward)