| 单词 | coat of mail |
| 释义 | > as lemmascoat of mail 5. coat of mail: a piece of defensive armour covering the upper part of the body, composed of a linen or leathern jacket, quilted with interlaced rings or overlapping plates of steel. (See mail n.3) So †coat of fence (obsolete). [See c1300 at sense 1a, c1475 at sense 1a in sense 1.] ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > body armour > [noun] > coat of mail or corselet ring netOE burnec1050 briniec1175 hauberk1297 coatc1300 bryn1330 habergeon1377 jackc1380 doublet of defence (or fence)1418 petticoatc1425 gesteron1469 byrnie1488 coat of fence1490 corset1490 corse1507 sark of mail1515 plate-coat1521 shirt of mail1522 mail-coat1535 corslet1563 costlet1578 pewter coat1584 cataphract1591 pyne doublet1600 sponge1600 coat-armour1603 brace1609 coat of arms1613 frock of mail1671 mail-shirt1816 mail-sark1838 society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > body armour > [noun] > plate-coat or -jacket coatc1300 acton1328 jackc1380 haquetona1400 jazeranta1400 coat of fence1490 halkrig1516 plate-coat1521 coat-armour1603 coat of arms1613 plate-jackc1720 jacket1916 flak jacket1956 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) iv. 117 They wered alwayes theyr cote of mayle all rousty vpon theyr doubelettes. ?1551 Sessions against Gardiner in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 859/2 A dronken Flemminge..put on a coate of fence. 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales ii. iv. 37 The Germans had neither coat of fence nor helmet. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Sam. xvii. 5 He was armed with a coate of male . View more context for this quotation 1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity II. ix. 211 Dominic..had next to his skin an iron coat of mail. 1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain ii. xxiv. 92 Gay shields were cleft..And steel coats riven. < as lemmas |
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