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almain rivets

almain rivets is the plural of almain rivet.

Meaning of almain rivet

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

Questions about almain rivets

What is almain rivets the plural of?
Almain rivets is the plural of almain rivet.

Words near almain rivets in the dictionary

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

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