单词 | dismail |
释义 | dismailv. archaic. transitive. To divest of mail or armour; to break or strip the mail off. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > of armour: protect [verb (transitive)] > divest of armour despoilc1386 unarmc1386 undighta1400 disarma1450 dismail1485 unharnessa1500 devest1582 unbelt1815 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. diij/2 Hys helme was desmaylled & broken. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xiv. 207 Thei perced haubrekes, and dismailed, and many ther were throwen to grounde. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vi. sig. R6 Their mightie strokes their haberieons dismayld. 1848 J. A. Carlyle tr. Dante Inferno 353 O thou..who with thy fingers dismailest thyself. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < v.1485 |
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