单词 | costlet |
释义 | † costletn. Obsolete (historical and in historical contexts in later use). Defensive armour covering part of or all of the body; = corslet n. 1a. 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 1578 J. Polemon All Famous Battels 224 They were not armed with heade peeces and Costelets, as were the fore rankes. 1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. Bb Helmets, costlets, and other armour. 1656 in J. Cullum Hist. & Antiq. Hawsted in Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica No. 23 (1784) 150 Laid out to Mr. Gilly for a costlet and a headpece—1 [l.] 10 [s.]. 1842 Brother Jonathan 10 Dec. 422/2 The rest,..with light scull-caps of iron on their heads, and stout buff jerkins or quilled costlets, or iron jacks as they were called, on their bodies, were on foot. 1857 W. E. Heygate Sir Henry Appleton xi. 201 For scoring and lining costlets. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1578 |
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