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单词 fewter
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fewtern.

Forms: Middle English feautir, Middle English feuter, Middle English fewter, Middle English fewtere, Middle English fewtir, Middle English fewtire, Middle English fewtre, Middle English fewtyre; Scottish pre-1700 fewter, pre-1700 fewtir.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French feutre.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French feutre, feltre (French feutre ) saddlecloth made of felt, socket for lance-shaft made of felt (both second half of the 12th cent.), felt (13th cent.), ultimately < the Germanic base of felt n.1 Compare filter n.Compare Old Occitan feltre, feutre (12th cent.), Catalan feltre (1003), Spanish fieltro (a1252), Portuguese feltro (15th cent.), Italian feltro (1234), all in the sense ‘felt’.
Obsolete.
A rest or support for a spear or lance, usually lined with felt and probably attached either to the breastplate of a knight on horseback, or to the saddle of his horse.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [noun] > lance > rest for lance
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a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 3437 Wiþ spere festened in feuter.
c1450 (?a1400) Sege Melayne (1880) l. 1462 (MED) In fewter sone he keste his spere And thoghte the Boldeste down to bere.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iii. l. 168 Thair cheyff chyftan..In fewtir kest a fellone aspre sper.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin viii. 127 Gripynge his spere in the fewtre.
c1580 ( tr. Bk. Alexander (1925) I. i. l. 1145 Antigonvs..Plungit into the thikkest preis. With spere in fewter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

fewterv.

Brit. /ˈfjuːtə/, U.S. /ˈfjudər/
Forms: late Middle English feautre, late Middle English fewtre, late Middle English–1600s 1900s– fewter, 1500s fewtyr (Scottish), 1900s– feutre.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: fewter n.
Etymology: < fewter n.Compare Old French feutrer to waulk, to make into felt (12th cent.), Anglo-Norman and Middle French feutre (adjective) padded, covered with felt (c1170 or earlier; compare -ee suffix1).
Now historical and rare.
1. transitive. To put (a spear or lance ) into a rest or fewter (fewter n.).
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or penetrate (of weapon) [verb (transitive)] > thrust a spear > put spear or lance in rest
fewterc1440
aventre1485
inrest1612
rest1632
c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 3775 (MED) Þan sir Gawayne was greuede, and with a gret wyll Fewters a faire spere and freschely askryes.
a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 262 And than they feautred their sperys.
1557 Malory's Story Noble & Worthy Kynge Arthur (Copland) v. ix Whan syr Gawayn espyed this gaye knyght he fewtred hys spere and rode strayght unto hym.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. vi. sig. Fv He his threatfull speare Gan fewter . View more context for this quotation
1600 Heroicall Aduentures Knight of Sea v. 46 Licandro, and Rogesto fewtered their Launces at once against Alphortio.
1933 Times Lit. Suppl. 26 Oct. 727/3 He has feutred his spear and rides on at a great wallop.
1938 T. H. White Sword in Stone vii. 113 They fewtered their spears again, and thundered into the charge.
2. transitive. To arrange (armed men on horseback) with spears or lances at rest, ready for attack. Cf. fewter n. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [verb (transitive)] > draw up (troops) > in battle array
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fewterc1440
to pitch (also set) a fielda1500
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c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 1711 (MED) Fifty thosandez of folke of ferse men of armez, Þat faire are fewteride on frounte undyr fre bowes.
3. intransitive. To come together so as to fight at close quarters. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > contend in battle or give battle [verb (intransitive)] > come to close quarters
to fling togetherc1300
fewterc1440
to come to handstrokes1488
to come to (one's) hands (also hand)1524
to fight short1533
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close1590
to close in1704
c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 2140 Bot they fitt them fayre, thes frekk byernez, Fewters in freely one feraunte stedes, Foynes ful felly with flyschande speris.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) x. vi. l. 166 Thai fewtyr fut to fut, and man to man.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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