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A skull-cap of iron worn by soldiers in the fourteenth century. Really only the Old French word, used as a technical term by some antiquaries; never in living use in English.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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n.- to bring up the rear
- to bring up the rear arrear
- to bring up to the bullring
- to bring up with a round turn
- to bring upon the lee
- to bring witness
- to bring word
- to bring write word
- to bring your heads together
- to bring, call, come, stoop to lure
- to bring, call, come, stoop to one's lure
- to bring, call, come, stoop to the lure
- to bring, carry more sacks to the mill
- to bring, carry sacks to the mill
- to bring, come, etc, to an upshot
- to bring, come, etc, to the upshot
- to bring, come, fall, etc into disfavour
- to bring, come, grow into, go out of fashion
- to bring, drive to scorn
- to bring, drive, put, reduce to extremity or extremities
- to bring, drive, put, reduce to the last extremity or extremities
- to bring, get, haul, or put the tacks aboard
- to bring, have under foot
- to bring, make to shond
- to bring, make, set at one