单词 | jambeau |
释义 | † jambeaun. Obsolete exc. Historical. A piece of armour for the leg; plural leggings; a pair of jambes. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > armour for limbs > [noun] > leg armour > greave hosesc1275 jamberc1330 jambeauc1380 boot1388 shinbawde?a1400 greavec1400 leg piece1653 jamb1834 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). < n.c1380 |
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