the blades are said to be 'engaged' when they are touching: in a change of engagement, the fencer forces the opponent's blade in a different line.
Compound
an attack or riposte incorporating one or more feints and thus occupying more than one period of fencing time.
Counter-attack
an attack made against the right-of-way, or in response to the opponent's attack.
Counter-disengage
an action made in response to the opponent's disengage, in which the fencer copies his opponent's movement so the blades end up where they started.
Circular parry
a parry which starts and finishes in the same position, the point describing a circle in order to go round the opponent's blade and then deflect it.
Continuation
any further offensive action by the attacker after the end of his attack.
Counter-riposte
an attack that follows a parry of the opponent's riposte.
Counter-time
an attack that draws the opponent's counter-attack, which is then parried, allowing a riposte.
Corps-a-corps
lit. "body-to-body"; physical contact between the two fencers during a bout, illegal in foil and sabre.
Coulé
also graze, glisé, or glissade; an attack or feint that slides along the opponent's blade.
Coup lancé
a launched hit; an attack that starts before a stop in play but lands after. Valid for normal halts, but not valid at end of time.
Coupé
also cut-over; an attack or deception that passes over the tip of the opponent's blade.
Croisé
similar to the bind: the blades remain in contact throughout and the opponent's blade is forced from the high line to the low line (or vice-versa) on the same side.
Cross
also crossover:an advance or retreat in which one foot passes the other.
Cut
an attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with the edge.

avoidance of the opponent's attempt to take or parry the blade.
Derobement
With the arm remaining fully extended and the point threatening the target throughout, a deception of the opponent's attempt to take the blade.
Direct
an attack or riposte that finishes in the same line in which it was formed, with no feints out of that line.
Disengage
a semi-circular movement of the blade around the opponent's blade, that deceives the his parry, removes the blades from engagement, or changes the line of engagement.
Displacement
moving the target to avoid an attack; dodging.
Double
in epee, two attacks that arrive within 1/25th of a second of each other, thus scoring against both fencers.
Doublé
an attack or riposte that describes a complete circle around the opponent's blade, and finishes in the same line.