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† ˈjamber, -bier Obs.
Also 4 iaumber, iamber, 7 jamar.
[ME. a. AF. ja(u)mbere = F. jambiére, armour that covers the leg, deriv. of jambe leg.]
Armour for the legs; a greave. Hence † jambered (jamar'd) a., armed with greaves.
13..Guy Warw. (A.) ii. cxviii, Þe..swerd doun gan glide..Þat gambisoun & iambler Boþe it karf atvo y-fere. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 10026 Hym self was armed fynly wel Wyþ sabatons, & spores, & iaumbers of stel. c1400Sege Jerus. 1114 Fyf hundred fiȝtyng men,..In jepouns & jambers, Jewes þey wer. 1601Holland Pliny xvi. xxxix. I. 489 The mourrions, iambriers, or grieues, of braue men in times past. 1668Glanvill Plus Ultra 66 [The microscope] represents that little Creature [a flea] as bristled and jamar'd..if the mentioned bristles and jamars are in the Glass, and not in the Animal, they would appear..in all the small Creatures..look'd on through the Microscope. 1706Phillips, Jambier, a Greave or Leg⁓piece; an Armour for the Leg. |