passado

noun

pas·​sa·​do pə-ˈsä-(ˌ)dō 

plural passados or passadoes

archaic

: a thrust in fencing with one foot advanced

Word History

Etymology

modification of Middle French passade (from Old Italian passata) or Old Italian passata, from passare to pass, from Vulgar Latin

First Known Use

1597, in the meaning defined above