lunge

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 224 words | Copyright

lunge1 sword-thrust. XVIII. Aphetic of allonge, elonge (XVII), f. vbs. of the same form — F. allonger lengthen (in phr. allonger un coup d'épée give a sword-thrust), f. à AD- + long LONG1.
So vb. XVIII.

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