allonge

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At the touche-ŕ-touche I touched him in two places at the same allonge, and threw his foil from him several feet.

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  1. noun See rider.

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  1. French, from allonger, to lengthen, from Old French alongier; see lunge.

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  1. from French allonger, earlier alonger, alongier, alungier, lengthen, = Italian allongare, allungare, from Middle Latin *allongare, *allongiare, from Latin ad, to, + Middle Latin *longare, longiare (later Old French longier, loigner), make long, from Latin longus, later Old French long, lung, long: see long and allonge, n.
  2. from French allonge, Old French alonge, lengthening, extension, from alonger: see allonge, v., and abbrev. lunge.
 

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