brayette
/bɹæˈjɛt/
brayette noun: an item of armor (mail or plate) protecting the groin.
Noun
brayette (plural brayettes)
- An item of armor (mail or plate) protecting the groin.
- 30071 Black Armor with Embossed White Stripes, about 1540 : Burgonet with upraising helmet-shade; gorget with pauldrons attached; breast-plate with tapul and great brayette; back-plate with loin-guard. ' Nuremberg mark.1895, Golden Gate Park Memorial Museum (San Francisco, Calif.), Guide to the Halls and Galleries of the Memorial Museum ..., page 87
- Among the detached pieces of mail are nine hauberks, to all of which a European origin is assigned, a fine standard of mail of the late fifteenth century, and a mail brayette similar to that on the effigy of Count Otto IV. of ...1925, The Connoisseur
Forms of brayette
| plural | brayettes |
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Origin of brayette
From French brayette or an earlier (Old or Middle French) form thereof.
Questions about brayette
- What does brayette mean?
- Brayette means an item of armor (mail or plate) protecting the groin.
- What part of speech is brayette?
- Brayette is a noun.
- How do you pronounce brayette?
- Brayette is pronounced /bɹæˈjɛt/.
- What is the plural of brayette?
- The plural of brayette is brayettes.
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