† jamberjambiern.

Forms: Also Middle English iaumber, iamber, 1600s jamar, 1800s jambart.

Etymology: Middle English < . Anglo-Norman ja(u)mbere = French jambiére, armour that covers the leg, derivative of jambe leg.

Obsolete.

Armour for the legs; a greave.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > armour for limbs > [noun] > leg armour > greave

hosesc1275

jamberc1330

jambeauc1380

boot1388

shinbawde?a1400

greavec1400

leg piece1653

jamb1834

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 10026 Hym self was armed fynly wel Wyþ sabatons, & spores, & iaumbers of stel.

c1330 (?a1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) p. 474 Þe..swerd doun gan glide..Þat gambisoun & iambler Boþe it karf atvo y-fere.

c1400 Sege Jerus. 1114 Fyf hundred fiȝtyng men,..In jepouns & jambers, Jewes þey wer.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xvi. xxxix. 489 The mourrions, iambriers, or grieues, of braue men in times past.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Jambier, a Greave or Leg~piece; an Armour for the Leg.

1850 Boutell in Gentleman's Mag. 120 ii. 45 The lower limbs have jambarts or front-guards of plate or leather.

Derivatives

† jambered adj. (also jamar'd) Obsolete armed with greaves.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > armour for limbs > [adjective] > having greaves

well-greaved1598

jambered1668

greaved1865

1668 J. Glanvill Plus Ultra ix. 66 [The microscope] represents that little Creature [a flea] as bristled and jamar'd..if the mentioned bristles and jamars are in the Glass, and not in the Animal, they would appear..in all the small Creatures..look'd on through the Microscope.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	jamber
释义	† jamberjambiern. Forms: Also Middle English iaumber, iamber, 1600s jamar, 1800s jambart. Etymology: Middle English < . Anglo-Norman ja(u)mbere = French jambiére, armour that covers the leg, derivative of jambe leg. Obsolete. Armour for the legs; a greave. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > armour for limbs > [noun] > leg armour > greave hosesc1275 jamberc1330 jambeauc1380 boot1388 shinbawde?a1400 greavec1400 leg piece1653 jamb1834 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 10026 Hym self was armed fynly wel Wyþ sabatons, & spores, & iaumbers of stel. c1330 (?a1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) p. 474 Þe..swerd doun gan glide..Þat gambisoun & iambler Boþe it karf atvo y-fere. c1400 Sege Jerus. 1114 Fyf hundred fiȝtyng men,..In jepouns & jambers, Jewes þey wer. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xvi. xxxix. 489 The mourrions, iambriers, or grieues, of braue men in times past. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Jambier, a Greave or Leg~piece; an Armour for the Leg. 1850 Boutell in Gentleman's Mag. 120 ii. 45 The lower limbs have jambarts or front-guards of plate or leather. Derivatives † jambered adj. (also jamar'd) Obsolete armed with greaves. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > armour for limbs > [adjective] > having greaves well-greaved1598 jambered1668 greaved1865 1668 J. Glanvill Plus Ultra ix. 66 [The microscope] represents that little Creature [a flea] as bristled and jamar'd..if the mentioned bristles and jamars are in the Glass, and not in the Animal, they would appear..in all the small Creatures..look'd on through the Microscope. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1330
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