estoc
tuck

Some consider the 'estoc' a precursor to the rapier.

Another variant was the specialized armour-piercing swords of the estoc type.

Weapons such as the Estoc, for example, would have little to no cutting edge, but they would be very rigid and strong on the thrust.

But the estoc was an effective weapon.

The estoc became popular because of its ability to thrust into the gaps between plates of armour.

The estoc was a variation of the longsword designed for fighting against mail or plate armour.

The French word estoc translates to thrust.

Thus was the estoc developed.

The Estoque concept of 2008 was named for the estoc, the sword traditionally used by matadors during bullfights.

While there is nothing to stop an estoc being one-handed, most were two-handed, being used half-sword or two hands on the grip.

Early on, the estoc was hung from the saddle when on horseback and simply hung from the belt when the soldier took to the ground.

Two other gunboats of the Arquebuse class, Casse-tête and Estoc, joined the Tonkin flotilla in early 1885.

The tuck (French estoc, Italian stocco) is an edgeless blade of square or triangular cross-section used for thrusting.

In French, estoc also means thrust or point; and estoc et taille means cut and thrust.

The duel was to consist of three bouts each of mounted lance, poleaxe, estoc, and dagger (accounts vary on whether the weapons were sharp or blunted).

Most varieties of estoc provided a long grip like that of a greatsword, though others mimicked the zweihänder in providing a long ricasso with a secondary guard of parrierhaken.

The Towarzysz husarski carried underneath his left thigh an Eastern-in-origin koncerz estoc (up to 1.5 meter in length) and often under his right thigh a palasz (a type of broadsword).

The ESTOC site will be supported by survey-dedicated research vessels, buoy systems and autonomous vehicles (currently three gliders are sampling the area and can be made available for missions in other areas).

He carries a sword similar in description to an Estoc, which is then stolen by Henry Maccabee to use as his own, it is relevantly long, since Henry has to strap it to his back.

Many consider the estoc a forerunner of the rapier, but more likely it is a merging of the espada ropera, a civilian sword, with the effective, and lighter estoc, that produced the rapier.

An inventory made in 1738 of the treasure vault of the Sobieski family's Żółkiew Castle (now Zhovkva in Ukraine) mentions "an estoc (koncerz) covered with golden plates bearing images of the Four Evangelists; Skanderbek's."

She is an excellent fighter who can skin her enemy with her estoc and main-gauche without a bat of an eye, and also a powerful sorceress who has learned most of the spells known to people and has the racial affinity with elementals and spirits.

The blade might be sharpened along its entire length, sharpened only from the centre to the tip (as described by Capoferro) or completely without a cutting edge as called "estoc" by Pallavicini, a rapier master who, in 1670, strongly advocated using a weapon with two cutting edges.

General Tuck would want to know his decision in a few hours.

In the beginning, Tuck did not have the support from the council.

His life at Tuck soon sent him in still another direction.

This proved to be Tuck's only game for the season.

He'd never know if Tuck drank all of the water right now.

But traditional golf, as it was, had always left Tuck cold.

Only the smallest children looked at Tuck as he passed.

It turned out to be the day that Tuck disappeared.

She put her hand over the mike and grinned at Tuck.

He emerged just in time to be introduced to the rest of Tuck's family.

In 1953 Tuck and others suggested a number of solutions to these problems.

He took the bat from Tuck's back and held him to his chest.

This revelation didn't have quite the effect that Tuck thought it would.

No, he didn't doubt for a moment that Tuck had spoken the truth.

His hands were cold and Tuck shivered at the touch.

He certainly hadn't had that reaction with any of Tuck's siblings!

"You'd think," Tuck said, having no idea whatsoever what the doctor was talking about.

The girl walked out of the water and Tuck ducked his head as she passed.

Their father tried to warn her, as Tuck remembered it.

I thought Tuck was the one with all the sisters."

She held the photograph where Tuck could see it.

A dozen years passed before Tuck saw the couple again, at the funerals.

"I'll take over now," Tuck said, giving him an understanding smile.

He raised his head, responding to the frantic sound of Tuck's voice.

The doctor repeated the gesture for his wife and then sat down next to her, across the table from Tuck.