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† halecret, hallecret Sc. Obs.|ˈhælkrɪt|
Forms: 6 halkrig, halkri(c)k, 9 halkrike, hal(l)ecret, allecret.
[a. F. halecret, in 15–16th c. allecret, halcret, of uncertain origin: perh. containing Ger. hals neck.]
‘A species of corslet, of beaten iron, composed of two pieces for the front and the back’ (Littré); according to Meyrick ‘a half-suit of light plate armour, worn alike by footmen and horsemen, furnished with long tassels’; used about the middle of the 16th century.
1536Bellenden Cron. Scot. v. v. (1821) I. 174 He armyt hym with his halkrig, bow and arowis. 1540Sc. Acts Jas. V (1597) §87 That all vthers..haue jack of plate, halkrik, or brigitanes. 1801Grose Ant. Arm. 250 (Jam.) The halecret was a kind of corselet of two pieces, one before and one behind; it was lighter than the cuirass. 1842Meyrick Anc. Armour II. 206 Officers of infantry in allecrets. Ibid. 227 Hallecret. |