almain rivets
plural noun
al·main rivets
ˈalˌmān-,
ˈȯl-
archaic
: a flexible light armor of overlapping plates sliding on rivets
Word History
Etymology
obsolete Almaine Germany, from Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin Almannia land of the Alamanni, from Alamannus member of the Alamanni + Latin -ia
First Known Use
1512, in the meaning defined above