light-armedadj.

Brit.

/ˌlʌɪtˈɑːmd/, U.S.

/ˌlaɪdˈɑrmd/

Forms: see light adv.¹ and armed adj.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: light adv.¹, armed adj.¹

Etymology: < light adv.¹ + armed adj.¹

Bearing light armour; armed with light weapons. Also figurative.Now chiefly with reference to ancient and historical warfare.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > [adjective] > clad in or protected by armour > lightly

lightc1405

light-harnesseda1425

light-armeda1450

a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) (1988) 91 Aftir hem were sette liȝt armed men..þe whiche fiȝte wiþ battis of leed, wiþ swerdes and wiþ schot of hand.

1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. iii. x. 309 Hee with light-armed bands of souldiers got into Gall.

1645 J. Milton Colasterion 2 I still was waiting, when these lightarm'd refuters would have don pelting.

1773 Ann. Reg. 1772 234 We..Are but the light-arm'd rangers on the scout.

1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles iii. ix. 94 England's light-arm'd vessels ride, Not distant far, the waves of Clyde.

1923 E. S. McCartney Warfare by Land & Sea iv. 34 In the mountains of Aetolia,..Athenian forces under Demosthenes were completely defeated by agile light-armed archers.

2012 Classical Philol. 107 302 Light-armed troops could fight mixed with the hoplites in the phalanx.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	light-armed
释义	light-armedadj. Brit. /ˌlʌɪtˈɑːmd/, U.S. /ˌlaɪdˈɑrmd/ Forms: see light adv.¹ and armed adj.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: light adv.¹, armed adj.¹ Etymology: < light adv.¹ + armed adj.¹ Bearing light armour; armed with light weapons. Also figurative.Now chiefly with reference to ancient and historical warfare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > [adjective] > clad in or protected by armour > lightly lightc1405 light-harnesseda1425 light-armeda1450 a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) (1988) 91 Aftir hem were sette liȝt armed men..þe whiche fiȝte wiþ battis of leed, wiþ swerdes and wiþ schot of hand. 1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. iii. x. 309 Hee with light-armed bands of souldiers got into Gall. 1645 J. Milton Colasterion 2 I still was waiting, when these lightarm'd refuters would have don pelting. 1773 Ann. Reg. 1772 234 We..Are but the light-arm'd rangers on the scout. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles iii. ix. 94 England's light-arm'd vessels ride, Not distant far, the waves of Clyde. 1923 E. S. McCartney Warfare by Land & Sea iv. 34 In the mountains of Aetolia,..Athenian forces under Demosthenes were completely defeated by agile light-armed archers. 2012 Classical Philol. 107 302 Light-armed troops could fight mixed with the hoplites in the phalanx. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < adj.a1450
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