单词 | jamber |
释义 | † jamberjambiern. 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. DerivativesΘΚΠ 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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