main-gauche
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See also: main gauche
English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Main_gauche_img_3665-white.jpg/220px-Main_gauche_img_3665-white.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]French, left hand.
Noun
[edit]- (historical) A relatively large dagger, especially popular in the 17th century. It was held in the left hand (the non-dominant hand), while the rapier was held in the right. It was mainly used to parry thrusts of the adversary's rapier.
References
[edit]- “main-gauche”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.