gladiature

English

Etymology

Latin gladiatura.

Noun

gladiature (plural gladiatures)

  1. swordplay; gladiatorial contest
    • 1654, Edmund Gayton, Pleasant Notes upon Don Quixote
      Nay in their amphitheatricall gladiatures, the lives of captives lay at the mercy of the Vulgar

References

gladiature in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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