byrnie
/ˈbəːni
/noun historical
A coat of mail: the byrnie could not withstand solid blows with the axe...
- He said that his armour was almost useless, his byrnie broken, his helmet burst open.
- In common we all share sword, helmet, byrnie, the trappings of war.
- The mail byrnie of the Vikings had been sufficient to give reasonable protection to the fighting man at close quarters from the sword-blows of his adversary.
Origin
Middle English: from Old Norse brynja.
- pump plunger
- pump-prime
- pump-primer
- pump-priming
- pump-pump-pull-away
- pump rod
- pump room
- pumpset
- pump shoe
- pumpsman
- pump someone's hand
- pump something in/into
- pump something out
- pump something up
- pump spear
- pump station
- pump-stock
- pump-turbine
- pum-pum
- pum-pum-pull-away
- pump water
- pump well
- pun
- puna
- punable