English Dictionary

strike a stroke

verb

(archaic) To hit (especially with a sword); to successfully land a hit. / (archaic, figuratively) To do something to support or defend (for) or to hinder or harm (at / against) something or someone.

He struck a stroke with his sword.

意味（1）

(archaic) To hit (especially with a sword); to successfully land a hit.

[…] it is reported, and credibly beleeued, that hee did much more good with his words, and presence, without striking a stroke, then a great part of the Armie did with fighting to the vtmost.

意味（2）

(archaic, figuratively) To do something to support or defend (for) or to hinder or harm (at / against) something or someone.

1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies… (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):