Meaning

noun an expensive or high-class hackney

noun a small building for housing coaches and carriages and other vehicles

noun (fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte)

originFrom Anglo-Norman remis, Middle French remis, past participle of remettre (“to remit”); Middle French remise (noun), from feminine past participle of remettre (“to remit”).

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