Home › Words › S › secondesecondeseconde means the second defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, with the hand held in a prone position and the tip of the sword below the level of the guard.EtymologyFrom French.nounThe second defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, with the hand held in a prone position and the tip of the sword below the level of the guard.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).