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单词 gambeson
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gambesonn.

Brit. /ˈɡambᵻs(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈɡæmbəsən/
Forms: Middle English gaimbeson, Middle English gambassowne, Middle English gambesoun, Middle English gambisoun, Middle English gambyson, Middle English gameson, Middle English gamesun, Middle English gaumbisoun, Middle English 1700s– gambeson, late Middle English campeson, 1600s gambesone, 1700s gambezon, 1800s gambesoon, 1800s gamboison. N.E.D. (1898) also records a form late Middle English gambassoune.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French gambesoun.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman gambesoun, gambesun, gambisoun, gaumbesoun, Anglo-Norman and Middle French gambeson, Old French, Middle French gambison (c1200) < Old French, Middle French gambais , wambeis , in similar meaning (11th cent.: see below) + -on -oon suffix. Compare Old Occitan gambaison , post-classical Latin gambeson- , gambeso (frequently from 13th cent. in British and continental sources; also as gambiso , wambiso ). Compare wambais n., wamus n., gamboised adj.Old French, Middle French gambais is of uncertain origin; it may reflect a blend of a borrowing of a Germanic cognate of womb n. with post-classical Latin bambax , variant of bombax (see bombyx n.). Middle Dutch wambuess (Dutch wambuis) and Middle High German wambeis (German Wams) show borrowings < French; compare similarly Old Occitan gambais, Spanish gambaj (13th cent. as gambax), post-classical Latin gambesum (13th cent.), wambasium, wanbasium (11th cent.; from 12th cent. in British sources).
Now historical and in historical contexts.
A padded jacket or tunic, covering the trunk and thighs, and worn under, or occasionally over, mail or plate armour.The gambeson was made from linen, or sometimes silk, padded with wool, cotton or other soft material, and quilted. It was also sometimes worn alone as an alternative to mail or plate armour.
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1306 in A. H. Thomas Cal. Early Mayor's Court Rolls (1924) 245 (MED) [One] gambeson, [one] aketoun, [one] corset, [and one] banere.
c1330 (?a1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) p. 474 (MED) Þe scharp swerd doun gan glide Fast bi sir Gyes side..Þat gambisoun & iambler Boþe it karf atvo y-fere.
c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) l. 5142 Armen hem in breny of yse, Wiþouten..aketoun, Oiþer plate oiþer gaumbisoun.
c1475 (a1400) Awntyrs Arthure (Taylor) in J. Robson Three Early Eng. Metrical Romances (1842) 15 (MED) His gloues and his gamesuns [c1440 Thornton gambesouns] gloet as the gledes.
a1500 Sir Degrevant (Cambr.) (1949) l. 320 (MED) Gomes wyth gambisoun Lyes opon bent broun, And sterff vnder stede.
1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Gambezon.
1773 F. Grose Antiq. Eng.& Wales I. Pref. 29 The armour of a man at arms..consisted of..a loose garment stuffed with cotton or wool, called a gambeson, over which was worn a coat of mail.
1835 H. W. Longfellow Outre-mer II. 20 A band of Moorish knights gayly arrayed in gambesons of crimson silk.
1843 G. P. R. James Forest Days II. xi. 222 I will pink you him to the quick, if his skin be as thick and hard as a German gambesoon.
1870 D. Rock Textile Fabrics (S. Kensington Mus.) Introd. p. xliii. Many a rich gambeson garnished with silk, cadas, and cotton.
1915 J. Farnol Beltane Smith xli. 327 Off came hauberk and quilted gambeson and away skipped Sir Fidelis into the green.
1986 S. Penman Here be Dragons (1991) (U.K. ed.) i. v. 75 Edwin shivered each time the wind caught his gambeson.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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