单词 | arming doublet |
释义 | > as lemmasarming doublet a. With the sense ‘forming part of a person's arms or armour, used in military accoutrement; (also) forming part of a person's heraldic arms’, as arming coat, arming dagger, arming doublet, arming gauntlet, arming girdle, arming nail, arming sword, etc. (now chiefly historical); also in extended use with reference to an animal's means of attack, as †arming tusk. See also arming point n. at Compounds 2. ΚΠ c1410 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 449 I ȝeue to William Flete..myn armynge sworde of Burdeux. 1451 in A. Clark Lincoln Diocese Documents (1914) 49 (MED) The best and hole armyng harnas yat I hafe & my best axe for werre. 1473 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 463 Sende me a newe vestment off whyght damaske... I wyll make an armyng doblett off it. c1536 Batayle of Egyngecourte sig. A.ii Speres and bylles..And armynge dagars. 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. i. ii. xxiv. 359 An arming girdle, harnessed with pure gold. 1592 in D. Yaxley Researcher's Gloss. Hist. Documents E. Anglia (2003) 5 Fyve shefe of Arminge arrowes. 1598 J. Marston Certaine Satyres in Metamorph. Pigmalions Image 33 Oh golden Ierkin! royall arming coate! 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Brasselet,..an arming gantlet, that reaches up almost to the elbow. 1613 F. Beaumont Knight of Burning Pestle i. sig. C3 I must bespeak my shield and arming-pestle. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 108 The bristled Boar..New grinds his arming Tusks. View more context for this quotation 1724 A. Crossly Signification Most Things in Heraldry 53 If a Man were once deprived of his Arming Girdle, he would never be restored to it, unless he performed some excellent Service. 1853 Archaeol. Jrnl. 10 368 An arming sword or Estoc, of the times of Henry V. or Henry VI. 1860 J. Hewitt Anc. Armour Suppl. 493 Beneath is to be worn a quilted arming-coat. 1912 C. Ffoulkes Armourer & his Craft 33 In this entry [sc. of 1562] are mentioned arming nails, butret nails, hammers, punshions, [etc.]. 2005 GQ Sept. 308/3 On the upper half, I wear an arming doublet. < as lemmas |
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