remise

Meanings

Plural: remises

Noun

an expensive or high-class hackney
a small building for housing coaches and carriages and other vehicles
(fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte)
A return or surrender of a claim, property etc.
A house for covered carriages; a chaise house.
A hired livery carriage of a kind superior to an ordinary fiacre; so called because kept in a remise.
A renewal of a failed action, without withdrawing the arm.
The repetition or return of the opening material later in a composition.

Verb

To send or give back.
To surrender all interest in a property by executing a deed, to quitclaim.

Origin / Etymology

From Anglo-Norman remis, Middle French remis, past participle of remettre (“to remit”); Middle French remise (noun), from feminine past participle of remettre (“to remit”).

Synonyms

carriage house, coach house

Scrabble Score: 8

remise is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
remise is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
remise is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

remise is a valid Words With Friends word