Used in the 16th and 17th centuries to render Latin cæstus, which was defined as ‘a weapon with plummettes of leade, vsed in games for exercise’…
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > blunt weapons other than sticks > [noun] > cestus or knuckle-duster (10) whirlbat1565 Used in the 16th and 17th centuries to render Latin cæstus, which was defined as ‘a weapon with plummettes of leade, vsed in games for exercise’… hurlbat1603 Used to render Latin cæstus cestus, n.2, partly through misapprehension of its meaning: see quot. in etymology. Obsolete. ceste1616 = cestus, n.2 gauntlet1697 used for cestus, n.2 glove of death1725 = boxing glove n. at boxing, n.2 compounds 2. glove of death = cestus, n.2 whirly-bat1725 = whirly-wind n. cestus1735 A contrivance consisting of thongs of bull-hide, loaded with strips of iron and lead, and wound round the hands. Used by Roman boxers as a protection… knuckle-duster1858 A metal instrument made to cover the knuckles, so as to protect them from injury in striking, and at the same time to add force to a blow given… knuck1897 Shortening of knuckle-duster, n. knuckle- = knuckle-duster, n. (see quot. 1861 s.v.). |
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