parry
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)
Noun
(parries)
A defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying.
(fencing) A simple defensive action designed to deflect an attack, performed with the forte of the blade.
Derived terms
* beat parry
* opposition parry
* yielding parry
Verb
To avoid, deflect, or ward off (an attack, a blow, an argument, etc.).
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=September 28
, author=Tom Rostance
, title=Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos
, work=BBC Sport
citation
, page=
, passage=Wojciech Szczesny was then called into action twice in a minute to parry fierce drives from Djebbour and Torossidis as Arsenal's back four looked all at sea.}}