croise

noun2

1. •
   An action in which one fencer forces the opponent’s blade into the high or low line on the same side, by taking it with the guard and forte of his own blade
2. •
   (no longer used) A pilgrim bearing or wearing a cross, i.e. a Christian crusader.

   • The conquests of the Croises, extending over Palestine and a part of Syria, had been erected into a sovereignty under the name of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. — 1760