STOCCADO

Etymology

Noun

stoccado (plural stoccados or stoccadoes)

(obsolete) A stab with a pointed weapon.

Yet will not such leave to lift-up their joyned hands to heaven, give them but a stoccado [transl. coup d'espée] on their breast […].

Source: Wiktionary

Stoc*ca"do, n. Etym: [F. estocade, fr. Sp. estocada, or It. stoccata, from Sp. estoque, or It. stocco, a rapier, fr. G. stock a stick. See Stock.]

Definition: A stab; a thrust with a rapier. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition