vamplaten.
/ˈvampleɪt/, U.S. /ˈvæmˌpleɪt/ Now Archæol.
A plate fixed on a spear or lance to serve as a guard for the hand, esp. in tilting.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [noun] > lance > guard for hand
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β. 1534 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1905) VI. 190 For ij marekyn skynnis to lyne the twa wamplatis to the Kingis speris.a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. vii. sig. Mm3v Amphialus..let his staffe fall to Agenors vamplat.1632 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 2) iv. xiv. 343 This vamplet..is of steele, and is vsed for the safegard of the Tilters hand, and it is taken off and put on to the staffe or speare at pleasure.1660 Surv. Armoury Tower of London in Archaeologia (1794) 11 99 Vamplets for tilting staves.1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Vamplate, a Gauntlet, or Iron-Glove.c1828 W. Berry Encycl. Her. I. Gloss. 1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour viii. 128 At the handle the shaft passed through a small circular shield, or hand-guard (called a vamplate), which was fixed to the shaft of the lance.1898 Viscount Dillon in Archæol. Jrnl. 2nd Ser. 5 309 The Hatton and Prince Henry vamplates are truncated cones.c1350 Lybeaus Desc. 1644 (K.) Lokeþ ȝour scheldes be strong, Ȝour schaftes good and long, Ȝour saket and vaunplate.
1508 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1902) IV. 137 Tua vant plates, tua spere hedis, tua suordis.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxxviij The speres brake in the kynges hande to the vantplate all to sheuers.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Calce,..a vanplate, the iron about a tilting-staffe neere the hand.
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