| 单词 | pair of brigandines |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspair of brigandines 1. ‘Body armour composed of iron rings or small thin iron plates, sewed upon canvas, linen, or leather, and covered over with similar materials’ (Planché Cycl. Cost.); orig. worn by foot-soldiers and at first in two halves, hence in early quots. in plural or as pair of brigandines; less strictly perhaps = ‘coat of mail, corslet’. See brigander n.1 ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > body armour > [noun] > worn by foot-soldiers doublet of defence (or fence)1418 brigander1420 brigandinec1456 breganse1503 c1456 Eng. Chron. (Camden) 66 Armed in a peire of brigaundynez. 1465 J. Payn in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 314 J peyre of bregandyrns keuert with blew fellewet and gylt nayle, with legharneyse, the vallew of the govn and the bregardyns viij li. 1489 Acta Dom. Concilii 132 (Jam.) The said Schir Mongo haid the brikcanetynes contenit in the summondis. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark Pref. 4 They haue theyr brigandyne, theyr souldiers girdle. 1567 in G. J. Piccope Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1860) II. 86 A payre of bregendines. 1591 W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock Arte of Warre 9 The Halberdier, who is armed either with Brigandine or Corslet. 1611 Bible (King James) Jer. xlvi Furbish the speares, and put on the brigandines [ Wyclif habiriownus; Coverd. brestplates; L. loricis] . View more context for this quotation 1671 Milton Samson Agonistes 1120 Put on all thy gorgeous arms, thy Helmet And Brigandine of brass, thy broad Habergeon. View more context for this quotation 1808 Scott Marmion v. ii Their brigantines, and gorgets light. 1825 Scott Talisman (1854) 337 He had finished adjusting his hauberk and brigandine. 1874 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour viii. 146 A brigandine..which is covered over with small iron plates of various forms, and may be called a studded tunic. < as lemmas |
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