leg harnessn.

Brit.

/ˈlɛɡ ˌhɑːnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈlɛɡ ˌhɑrnəs/

Forms: see leg n. and harness n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: leg n., harness n.

Etymology: < leg n. + harness n.

Now historical.

Armour for the leg. Also figurative.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > armour for limbs > [noun] > leg armour

leg harnessa1382

leg splint1430

chausses1484

leg shield1858

leglet1886

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 1 Kings xvii. 6 Steelene legharneys [a1425 L.V. bootis of bras; L. ocreas aereas] he [sc. Goliath] hadde in þe hepes.

1411 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 19 (MED) Y be-queythe..a pare of vambrace and rerebrace, a pare of legge herneys, an holle brestplate.

?a1425 (a1415) Lanterne of Liȝt (Harl.) (1917) 65 Þe þridde armour is leggeharnes, & schoyng of affecciouns, in þe gospel of Iesu Crist.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. vii. 114 Hys lymmis in leg-harnes gold begane, Claspyt full clos.

1517 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) xxvii. 129 Good hope his legge harneys sholde be.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 514 Nailes, studs and tackes imploied about greeues and leg-harneis.

1655 W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes (x. 36) ii. 522 Shooes, or legg-harnesse, whereby men are enabled to hold out in their way.

a1732 T. Boston Christian Life Delineated (1775) 108 It is a hard and rugged way; and therefore they must have leg-harness, as soldiers had to preserve their feet from stones and roughness in the way of their march.

1737 J. Ozell tr. F. Rabelais Wks. III. viii. 43 The Spurs used to be fastened in and made inseparable from the Greaves or Leg-harness.

1829 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. III. iii. 244 Armed with..legharness, sword, spear, and dagger.

1907 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 July 221/1 He lost his Milan armor, his gown of hodden grey.., his brigandine.., and gilt mail with leg harness.

2009 J. L. Forgeng & W. McLean Daily Life in Chaucer's Eng. (ed. 2) vii. 162 Leg harness was expensive and tiring to march in, and marching infantry rarely wore it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	leg harness
释义	leg harnessn. Brit. /ˈlɛɡ ˌhɑːnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈlɛɡ ˌhɑrnəs/ Forms: see leg n. and harness n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: leg n., harness n. Etymology: < leg n. + harness n. Now historical. Armour for the leg. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > armour for limbs > [noun] > leg armour leg harnessa1382 leg splint1430 chausses1484 leg shield1858 leglet1886 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 1 Kings xvii. 6 Steelene legharneys [a1425 L.V. bootis of bras; L. ocreas aereas] he [sc. Goliath] hadde in þe hepes. 1411 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 19 (MED) Y be-queythe..a pare of vambrace and rerebrace, a pare of legge herneys, an holle brestplate. ?a1425 (a1415) Lanterne of Liȝt (Harl.) (1917) 65 Þe þridde armour is leggeharnes, & schoyng of affecciouns, in þe gospel of Iesu Crist. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. vii. 114 Hys lymmis in leg-harnes gold begane, Claspyt full clos. 1517 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) xxvii. 129 Good hope his legge harneys sholde be. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 514 Nailes, studs and tackes imploied about greeues and leg-harneis. 1655 W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes (x. 36) ii. 522 Shooes, or legg-harnesse, whereby men are enabled to hold out in their way. a1732 T. Boston Christian Life Delineated (1775) 108 It is a hard and rugged way; and therefore they must have leg-harness, as soldiers had to preserve their feet from stones and roughness in the way of their march. 1737 J. Ozell tr. F. Rabelais Wks. III. viii. 43 The Spurs used to be fastened in and made inseparable from the Greaves or Leg-harness. 1829 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. III. iii. 244 Armed with..legharness, sword, spear, and dagger. 1907 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 July 221/1 He lost his Milan armor, his gown of hodden grey.., his brigandine.., and gilt mail with leg harness. 2009 J. L. Forgeng & W. McLean Daily Life in Chaucer's Eng. (ed. 2) vii. 162 Leg harness was expensive and tiring to march in, and marching infantry rarely wore it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1382
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