1.
2.
[syn: coach house, carriage house, remise]
3. (fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Remise \Re*mise"\ (r?-m?z"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remised
(-m?zd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Remising.] [F. remise delivery,
surrender, fr. remettre to put back, deliver, L. remittere.
See Remit.]
To send, give, or grant back; to release a claim to; to
resign or surrender by deed; to return. --Blackstone.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Remise \Re*mise"\, n. (Law)
A giving or granting back; surrender; return; release, as of
a claim.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Remise \Re*mise"\, n.
1. A house for covered carriages; a chaise house. --Sterne.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. A livery carriage of a kind superior to an ordinary
fiacre; -- so called because kept in a remise. --Cooper.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
remise
n 1: an expensive or high-class hackney
2: a small building for housing coaches and carriages and other
vehicles [syn: coach house, carriage house, remise]
3: (fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when
your opponent fails to riposte)