单词 | mace of arms |
释义 | > as lemmasmace of arms a. A weapon consisting of a heavy staff or club, either entirely of metal or having a metal head, and often spiked; spec. a short-hafted club used by horsemen. Also called †mace of arms [after Middle French masse d'armes (1498)] . In early use also gen.: †a club of any kind (obsolete). Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] > armed club masuelc1312 macec1325 maulc1325 mell1333 brogged staff1429 balk-staffc1460 malleta1500 quarterstaff?1560 sport staff1634 morgenstern1637 roundhead1643 morning star1684 patu patu1769 patuc1771 shell-stick1790 holy water sprinkler1816 mace-head1824 shark's teeth sword1845 taiaha1845 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 4219 (MED) Þis geant..bigan is mace adrawe. a1330 Otuel 1112 He cam wiþ a mase of bras. c1385 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 2611 With myghty maces, the bones they to breste. a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) f. 14 (MED) Aȝenst þe stake schulde þey fiȝte..with þilke forsaide maas [L. claua] of tree as wiþ a swerde. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 22171 And with this ylke sturdy Maas, I putte hem out a fful greet paas. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. xi. f. 161v Laton, whereof they make such maces and hammers as are vsed in the warres. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iii. v. 78 Vppon their saddle bow, their roundel & the Busdeghan (being the mase of armes). a1605 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Stowe (2)) 23160 Then cam Treason with hir mas, hevy as a clobbe of leed. 1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World v. ii. §86. 473/1 He would cast a Horseman's Mace of nine or ten pounds weight farther than any other of his Court. 1728 A. Pope Dunciad i. 75 Pomps without guilt, of bloodless swords and maces. 1825 W. Scott Talisman i, in Tales Crusaders III. 7 A steel axe, or hammer, called a mace-of-arms. 1834 J. R. Planché Hist. Brit. Costume 244 The pistol superseded the mace in the hands of officers during this reign [sc. the reign of Henry VIII]. 1895 H. G. Wells Time Machine xii. 123 Then I turned to where Weena lay beside my iron mace. I tried what I could to revive her. 1970 F. Wilkinson Edged Weapons vii. 112 The true mace, although originally crude, was by the 12th Century being made with a metal head. < as lemmas |
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