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‖ mamelière Hist.
Also 9 mammelière, -illiere.
[Fr.: f. mamelle breast.]
A piece of armour consisting of a circular plate of metal covering either breast.
1824Meyrick Anc. Armour III. Gloss., Mamillaria, Mamillieres. 1834J. R. Planché Brit. Costume 122 On the breast are fastened sometimes one, sometimes two round plates, called mamelières. 1885Fairholt Costume in Eng. (ed. 3) II. 277 The surcoat has openings or slits over the mamelières to allow of a chain passing through. |