/steuh kah"doh/ , n. , pl. stoccados . Archaic.
a thrust with a rapier or other pointed weapon.
Also, stoccata /steuh kah"teuh/ .
[ 1575-85; alter. of It stoccata, equiv. to stocc ( o ) swordpoint, dagger ( stocc stake) + -ata -ADE 1 ; -ado renegado ]