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单词 jambeau
释义

jambeaun.

/ˈdʒambəʊ/
Forms: plural Middle English iambeaus, iambeux, iambieux, Middle English iaumbeuxe, 1500s giambeux, 1600s–1800s jambeux, jambeaux.
Etymology: In form representing Anglo-Norman *jambeau derivative of jambe leg.
Obsolete exc. Historical.
A piece of armour for the leg; plural leggings; a pair of jambes.
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c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 5615 Be ys iambeaus forþ he swarf & ys oþer spore þanne he carf, Adoun riȝt by the hele.
c1386 G. Chaucer Sir Thopas 164 Hise Iambeux [so 3 texts; Cambr. Iambieux, Petworth Iaumbeuxe, Corp. & Lansd. Iambes] were of qwyrboilly, His swerdes shethe of Yuory.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vi. sig. R6 A large purple stream adown their giambeux falles.
1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in Fables 50 With Jambeux arm'd, and double Plates of Steel.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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