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单词 ailette
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ailetten.

Brit. /eɪˈlɛt/, U.S. /eɪˈlɛt/
Forms: late Middle English alet, 1800s– ailette, 1800s– alette.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French alette.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman alette (1313 or earlier; second half of the 13th cent. or earlier as alecte ; compare Old French eslete (1318); French ailette ), specific use of alette little wing (1164 in Old French; Middle French, French ailette (from 1564 in this sense)) < ale wing (see aisle n.) + -ete -ette suffix; compare -et suffix1. In later use in form ailette remodelled after < French ailette (although this is apparently first attested later in this specific sense: 1866). Compare post-classical Latin aletta (frequently from 1278 in British sources; < French), Old Occitan aleta (1438).The form alette, which is not paralleled in modern French, apparently shows a modern reborrowing of Anglo-Norman alette.
Now historical.
Each of a pair of pieces of leather or other material worn over the shoulders as part of the accoutrements of an armoured knight or man-at-arms.Now generally thought to have been worn primarily for purposes of heraldic display or other decoration rather than for protection.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > body armour > [noun] > shoulder armour
pouldrona1396
spaudelera1400
ailettec1440
haute-piecea1500
pollet1548
shoulder-piece1580
epaulette1824
shoulder shield1824
shoulder cap1830
scale1846
shoulder plate1846
c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 2565 (MED) An alet enamelde he oches in sondire.
1814 Archaeologia 17 300 At the end of this item of the account, there is a memorandum, stating that each suit of armour consisted of a tunic, a surcoat, a pair of ailettes, [etc.].
1834 J. R. Planché Hist. Brit. Costume 108 Towards the close of this [sc. Edward I's] reign those curious ornaments called ailettes, or little wings, from their situation and appearance, are seen on the shoulders of knights.
1877 L. Jewitt Half-hrs. among Eng. Antiq. 112 The sleeved surcoat; the ailettes or wing-pieces, behind the shoulders.
1904 Ancestor Jan. 154 The knights have large oblong alettes with their arms—silver with a fesse and label of gules—and gules with a silver eagle.
1963 N. Pevsner Herefordshire 101 An interesting detail of his armour is the so-called ailettes behind his shoulders.
2010 P. R. Coss Found. Gentry Life ix. 181 Stained glass at Carlton Scroop..portrays Sir John de Newmarch as a kneeling figure in armour, displaying his arms both on his shield and on his ailettes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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