remise

noun

In law, a granting back; a surrender; release, as of a claim.

noun

A livery-carriage: so called (for French voiture de remise) as kept in a carriage-house, and distinguished from a fiacre or hackney-coach, which is found on a stand in the public street.

noun

In fencing, a second thrust which hits the mark after the first thrust has missed, made while the fencer is extended in the lunge.

To send back; remit.

To give or grant back; release a claim to; resign or surrender by deed.

noun

A carriage-house in which a remise is kept.

noun

A giving or granting back; surrender; return; release, as of a claim.

noun

A house for covered carriages; a chaise house.

noun

A livery carriage of a kind superior to an ordinary fiacre; — so called because kept in a remise.

transitive verb

To send, give, or grant back; to release a claim to; to resign or surrender by deed; to return.