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Definition of vamplate in English: vamplatenoun ˈvampleɪtˈvamplāt historical A circular plate on a spear or lance designed to protect the hand. Example sentencesExamples - The edge of the central hole is pierced with three holes for the nails that attached the vamplates to a lance.
- We don't see lances with vamplates until the 14th century, so until that point, any spear is a potential lance as well.
- Medieval knights developed lancing for jousting as well as for open charges, and by the 14th and 15th centuries they'd added vamplates to the lances and lance rests to their breastplates.
- The vamplate was seldom used in warfare
- The lance tends to slide backwards, and so a roundel is developed either ahead of the hand as a vamplate, or in front of the armpit as a ring or grapper.
Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French vauntplate, from avant 'before' + plate 'thin plate'. Compare with vambrace. Definition of vamplate in US English: vamplatenounˈvamplāt historical A circular plate on a spear or lance designed to protect the hand. Example sentencesExamples - The lance tends to slide backwards, and so a roundel is developed either ahead of the hand as a vamplate, or in front of the armpit as a ring or grapper.
- We don't see lances with vamplates until the 14th century, so until that point, any spear is a potential lance as well.
- The vamplate was seldom used in warfare
- Medieval knights developed lancing for jousting as well as for open charges, and by the 14th and 15th centuries they'd added vamplates to the lances and lance rests to their breastplates.
- The edge of the central hole is pierced with three holes for the nails that attached the vamplates to a lance.
Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French vauntplate, from avant ‘before’ + plate ‘thin plate’. Compare with vambrace. |