| 单词 | knee-piece |
| 释义 | > as lemmasknee-piece knee-piece n. (a) a bent piece of timber used in shipbuilding: = sense 7a; (b) = knee-rafter n.; (c) a genouillère. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > armour for limbs > [noun] > leg armour > armour for knees genouillerec1380 poleyn1388 pulley-piece1611 kneecap1660 kneeleta1843 knee-guard1869 knee-piece1869 1666 London Gaz. No. 68/1 One [Fly-boat] of 300 Tuns, with..Deal, Knee-pieces, and other Oak timber for ships. 1679 [see knee-rafter n.]. 1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour x. 190 The pouleyns, genouillières, or knee-pieces became general before the close of the 13th century. < as lemmas |
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