Feint vs. Ruled

Feintverb

To make a feint, or mock attack.

Ruledadjective

Having printed lines.

‘a letter on ruled paper’;

Feintadjective

(obsolete) Feigned; counterfeit.

Ruledadjective

Being a scroll; being such that through every point of S there is a straight line that lies on S.

Feintadjective

(of an attack) directed toward a different part from the intended strike

Ruledverb

simple past tense and past participle of rule

‘She ruled over her children firmly but gently.’;

Feintnoun

A movement made to confuse the opponent; a dummy.

Ruledadjective

subject to a ruling authority;

‘the ruled mass’;

Feintnoun

That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense or stratagem.

Ruled

Ruled is the fifth full-length LP by The Giraffes. Drums, bass and principal guitar tracks recorded at The Bunker in Brooklyn, NY. Vocals and additional guitars recorded at Strangeweather in Brooklyn, NY. Mixed at Studio G in Brooklyn, NY by Joel Hamilton.

Feintnoun

An offensive movement resembling an attack in all but its continuance

Feintnoun

The narrowest rule used in the production of lined writing paper (C19: Variant of FAINT)

Feintadjective

Feigned; counterfeit.

‘Dressed up into any feint appearance of it.’;

Feintnoun

That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch.

‘Courtley's letter is but a feint to get off.’;

Feintnoun

A mock blow or attack on one part when another part is intended to be struck; - said of certain movements in fencing, boxing, war, etc.

Feintverb

To make a feint, or mock attack.

Feintnoun

any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack)

Feintverb

deceive by a mock action;

‘The midfielder feinted to shoot’;

Feint

Feint is a French term that entered English via the discipline of swordsmanship and fencing. Feints are maneuvers designed to distract or mislead, done by giving the impression that a certain maneuver will take place, while in fact another, or even none, will.