Pass

(pās.) (From L. pa us.] (Mil.) A narrow defile which renders entrance into a country difficult for an army.-(Fencing.) A thrust intended to pierce an adversary.-P. OF ARMS. (Chiv.) A bridge, road, or other narrow pa age undertaken to be defended by knights in days of old. They who held a pa hung up their arms on trees, poles, columns, ., erected for that purpose; and such as were disposed to dispute the pa touched one of the pieces of armor with his sword or lance, a challenge which the other was bound to accept. [s. 688]