High guard

High guard
called a Falcon guard (Posta de falcone) by the Italians and known to the English as a Haukse Bill (as if "striking down like a bird or prey"), German schools usually referred to it as Vom Dach or Von Tag ("from the roof") or even Oberhut (meaning "upper guard"), in some Italian schools there was also a more defensive high vertical position known as a Guardia Alta

Medieval glossary. 2014.

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