Definitions for quarte

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Spelling: [kahrt; French kart]
IPA: /kɑrt; French kart/

Quarte is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 88 anagrams from letters in quarte (aeqrtu).

Definitions for quarte

noun

  1. the fourth of eight defensive positions.

Origin of quarte

1690-1700; French, feminine of quart fourth Latin quartus

Examples for quarte

The steel sung with our quick changes from 'quarte' to 'tierce'.

This parry is, together with “quarte,” the most important of all.

Men of the sword like us ever reverence tierce, quarte, and octave; but as for the folds of the cassock, I know nothing of them.

For one quarte of sacke, bestowed on Mr. Jellet, when he preached, 2s.

When your opponent thrusts in quarte, you need only do this, and when they thrust in tierce, you need only do this.

Quart, quarte, krt, n. a sequence of four cards: one of the eight thrusts and parries in fencing.

The fighting grew to a positive frenzy; the shivering blades rang with their swift changes from quarte to tierce.

The quarte, so called from being the fourth part of the chenet, which contained four pots and one French pint.

The left-hander prefers to take the inside engagement, that is to say quarte.

And she had got him half a quarte'n of whisky to hearten him up as he came away this morning.

Word Value for quarte
Scrable

15

Words with friends

16

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