||Tac`-au-tac" (?), n. [F., fr.
riposter du tac au tac to parry (where tac imitates the
sound made by the steel).] (Fencing) The parry which is
connected with a riposte; also, a series of quick attacks and parries
in which neither fencer gains a point.
||Tac`-au-tac" (?), n. [F., fr.
riposter du tac au tac to parry (where tac imitates the
sound made by the steel).] (Fencing) The parry which is
connected with a riposte; also, a series of quick attacks and parries
in which neither fencer gains a point.