单词 | garde-bras |
释义 | garde-brasn. ‘An additional piece of armour placed on the upper part of the gauntlet, or fastened to the elbow-plates’ (Fairholt). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > armour for limbs > [noun] > arm armour > for elbow > part attached to elbow armour wardebrace14.. garde-bras1459 pasguard1519 1459 in Paston Lett. I. 487 Item, j. garbrasse. 1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xxiv. 83 The sleue of cloth of gold..whiche he couched along his shoulder in stede of gardebras. 1598 Chaucers Dreame in T. Speght Wks. G. Chaucer f. 362 v/1 Without was left not one Horse male, trusse, ne bagage Salad, speare, gardbrace, ne page But was lodged, and roome ynough. 1679 T. Blount Fragmenta Antiquitatis 104 This Gardebrace is otherwise called vambrace, and signifies Armor for the Arme. 1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour x. 204 The plates that were fixed to the elbow-pieces were entitled gardes-de-bras. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1459 |
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