'Remise' definitions:
Definition of 'remise'
(from WordNet)
noun
An expensive or high-class hackney
noun
A small building for housing coaches and carriages and other vehicles [syn: coach house, carriage house, remise]
noun
(fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte)
Definition of 'Remise'
From: GCIDE
- Remise \Re*mise"\, n. (Law) A giving or granting back; surrender; return; release, as of a claim. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Remise'
From: GCIDE
- Remise \Re*mise"\, n.
- 1. A house for covered carriages; a chaise house. --Sterne. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. A livery carriage of a kind superior to an ordinary fiacre; -- so called because kept in a remise. --Cooper. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'Remise'
From: GCIDE
- Remise \Re*mise"\ (r?-m?z"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remised (-m?zd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Remising.] [F. remise delivery, surrender, fr. remettre to put back, deliver, L. remittere. See Remit.] To send, give, or grant back; to release a claim to; to resign or surrender by deed; to return. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]