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† rere-brake Obs.—1
(Meaning uncertain.)
‘Probably the projection put on the crupper to prevent the horseman being pushed over the horse's tail by the thrust of a lance’ (Meyrick).
1422–61Treat. Peaceable Joust. in Meyrick Antient Armour (1824) III. Gloss. s.v., A rerebrake with a roule of lethir well stuffid. |