Fencing. Also 7 flancanade, -konade, 9 flanconnade. [a. F. flanconade, f. flanc: see FLANK.] A thrust in the flank or side.
1664. J. Wilson, Cheats, IV. i. Dram. Wks. (1874), 68. Observe—how true it bends! Ah! for a pass in flanconade!
1698. Farquhar, Love & Bottle, II. ii. Mock. Sa, sa——Defend Flankonade, Madam.
1779. Sheridan, Critic, II. ii. Hah! thrust in tierce a title!—parried by honor. Hah! a pension over the arm!—put by by conscience. Then flankonade with a thousand pounds—and a palpable hit egad!
1889. Pollock, etc., Fencing, ii. (Badm. Libr.), 53. This is the famous thrust known as flanconnade or liement d’octave.
attrib. 1809. Roland, Fencing, iv. 74–5. This flanconade thrust cannot be well made use of, unless your antagonist remains on his longe in carte inside.
