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lamboys Antiq.|ˈlæmbɔɪz|
[In quot. a 1548 (the source from which the word is derived) the meaning is obscure, and it has been suspected that lamboys is a mistake for some form of jambers or jambeaux.]
The name given by mod. antiquaries to: An imitation in steel of the ‘bases’ or skirt, reaching from the waist to the knee; occasionally found in armour of the Tudor period.
If the word meant what Meyrick supposes, there is an anachronism in Hall's use of it.
a1548Hall Chron., Hen. IV 12 The tasses, the lamboys, the backpece. 1824Meyrick Anc. Armour II. 220 The large puckered plates of steel, which cover each thigh to the knee, and continue behind, except where hollowed out for the saddle. These plates are..in imitation of cloth, and called lamboys. 1834J. R. Planché Brit. Costume 225 The lamboys,..a sort of petticoat of steel in imitation of the puckered skirts or petticoat of cloth or velvet worn at this time. 1841J. Hewitt Tower 66 On the edge of the lamboys or skirts are the initials of the royal pair. 1863Thornbury True as Steel I. 132 The spreading lamboys or steel skirts of the period. |