† quatre-crestedadj.

Forms: 1700s quatre-crested, 1700s quâtre-crested.

Origin: A borrowing from French, combined with an English element; modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: French quatre , crested adj.

Etymology: < French quatre four (see quatre n.) + crested adj., after ancient Greek τετραϕάληρος having four bosses (in the passage translated in quot. 1791).

Obsolete.

Having four crests.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > helmet > [adjective] > attributes of helmet

beavered1610

quatre-crested1791

nasal1824

combed1825

visored1834

visorless1848

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. ii. 48 His helmet quatre-crested. [Note. Quâtre-crested. So I have rendered τετραϕαληρον.]

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	quatre-crested
释义	† quatre-crestedadj. Forms: 1700s quatre-crested, 1700s quâtre-crested. Origin: A borrowing from French, combined with an English element; modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: French quatre , crested adj. Etymology: < French quatre four (see quatre n.) + crested adj., after ancient Greek τετραϕάληρος having four bosses (in the passage translated in quot. 1791). Obsolete. Having four crests.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > helmet > [adjective] > attributes of helmet beavered1610 quatre-crested1791 nasal1824 combed1825 visored1834 visorless1848 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. ii. 48 His helmet quatre-crested. [Note. Quâtre-crested. So I have rendered τετραϕαληρον.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1791
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