Hypertext Webster Gateway: "appel"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Appel \Ap`pel"\, n. [F., prop., a call. See {Appeal}, n.]
(Fencing)
A tap or stamp of the foot as a warning of intent to attack;
-- called also {attack}.
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