† umbreren.
Obsolete.
The visor of a helmet.
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a1400 Sir Perc. 678 For to see hyme with syghte, He putt his umbrere on highte.
?a1400 Morte Arth. 943 To þe creste of þe clyffe he clymbez one lofte; Keste upe hys vmbrere, and kenly he lukes.
1448–9 J. Metham Wks. (1916) 37 At þe fyrst metyng Amoryus þis odyr gan smyght Vp-on hys vmbrere.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur viii. xli. 338 Thenne sire Lamorak knelyd adoune, and vnlaced fyrst his vmberere, and thenne his owne.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. i. sig. Cc3 But the braue Mayd would not disarmed bee, But onely vented vp her vmbriere.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. iv. 44 He..therewith smote him on his vmbriere . View more context for this quotation
1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion vii. 4 It was cloven in the middle, as if it were the Umbrier of some Troopers old Head-piece.
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