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almain rivet

almain rivet noun: a kind of light, flexible plate armour first used in Germany around 1450, designed to be manufactured easily, especially en masse.

Noun

almain rivet (plural almain rivets)

  1. A kind of light, flexible plate armour first used in Germany around 1450, designed to be manufactured easily, especially en masse.
    • Two tithing corslets furnished, ij pair of almain rivets furnished. […]
      John Glasse, one almain rivet.
      John Chapman, one almain rivet.
      John Hurforde, with others[,] one almain rivet.1904, Somerset Record Society, Publications, page 178, quoting an earlier tithe
    • This archer of the Earl of Northumberland's contingent (centre) is shown without his 'Almain rivet', displaying instead the coat supplied to men of this contingent. His hat and quiver are both of the Percy family livery colours.2012, Martin Windrow, Osprey Men-At-Arms: A Celebration, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 108

Forms of almain rivet

pluralalmain rivets
alternative formAlmain-rivet
alternative formAlmain rivet
alternative formAlmaine rivet
alternative formalmain-rivet

Origin of almain rivet

From Almain + rivet, attested 1530 (as almayne ryvettes). Perhaps named for the overlapping plates' sliding on rivets, although it has also been suggested that rivet meant a suit of armor, related to French revêtir.

Questions about almain rivet

What does almain rivet mean?
Almain rivet means a kind of light, flexible plate armour first used in Germany around 1450, designed to be manufactured easily, especially en masse.
What part of speech is almain rivet?
Almain rivet is a noun.
What is the plural of almain rivet?
The plural of almain rivet is almain rivets.

Words near almain rivet in the dictionary

  1. Almaguer South
  2. Almaguers
  3. almah
  4. almahs
  5. almain
  6. almain rivet
  7. almain rivets
  8. Almaine Rivet
  9. Almaine Rivets
  10. almains
  11. almajiri

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