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ˌalmain-ˈrivets
A kind of light armour, first used in Germany, in which great flexibility was obtained by overlapping plates sliding on rivets.
1530Palsgr. 516 He hath dygged hym in nat withstandyng his almayne ryvettes, nonobstant ses cuirasses. 1565in Richmondsh. Wills (1853) 179, j almon revet..j shafe of arrowes, and other hustlements xxvjs. viijd. 1591Garrard Art of Warre 10 The forepart of a Corslet and a Headpeece, as is the Almaine Rivet. 1742Bailey, Almain Rivets, a certain light kind of Armour with Plates of Iron for the Defence of the Arms; used by Germans. 1834J. R. Planché Brit. Costume 253 Black bill-men or halberdiers, who wore the armour called almain rivet. |