In the 14th and 15th centuries: a piece of armour made from plate or mail protecting the lower part of the body, esp. the abdomen.
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > body armour > [noun] > armour for lower part of body (6) paunce1333 In the 14th and 15th centuries: a piece of armour made from plate or mail protecting the lower part of the body, esp. the abdomen. pauncher1393 = paunce, n. 1. tonleta1486 A short skirt of armour; also, each of the overlapping horizontal bands of which this was sometimes made. lamboys1548 The name given by modern antiquaries to: An imitation in steel of the ‘bases’ or skirt, reaching from the waist to the knee; occasionally found in… Subcategories:— for loins (2) |
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