| 单词 | privy coat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprivy coat privy coat n. now historical an armoured coat (usually of chain mail) worn concealed under ordinary clothing; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > body armour > [noun] > coat of mail or corselet > worn under normal dress privy coat1532 secret1578 1532 Will of Thomas Baynham (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/24) f. 146 A pryvye coat. 1599 F. Bacon Let. in Spalding Life & Lett. (1862) II. 161 I have the privy coat of a good conscience. 1728 W. Hawkins Summary Crown-law lxiii. 158 Neither doth it seem any Offence for a Man to arm himself with a privy Coat of Mail, because it is not to the Terrour of the People. 1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth IV. ii. 16 Strike at his head,..for he weareth a privy coat of mail; and if he goes hence alive your own heads shall answer it. 1996 Hist. Today 46 1 The accounts tell us little about..his [sc. Dudley's] relations with the queen, although an entry for the measurement of a privy coat..in the winter of 1559-60 suggests he was taking seriously the rumours of threats to his life. < as lemmas |
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