passado n 1: (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward [syn: {lunge}, {straight thrust}, {passado}]
Passade \Pas*sade"\, Passado \Pas*sa"do\, n. [F. passade; cf. Sp. pasada. See {Pass}, v. i.] 1. (Fencing) A pass or thrust. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. (Man.) A turn or course of a horse backward or forward on the same spot of ground. [1913 Webster]