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brayettes

brayettes is the plural of brayette.

Meaning of brayette

Noun

brayette (plural brayettes)

  1. (historical) 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

Questions about brayettes

What is brayettes the plural of?
Brayettes is the plural of brayette.

Words near brayettes in the dictionary

  1. brayed
  2. brayer
  3. brayera
  4. brayers
  5. brayette
  6. brayettes
  7. Brayford
  8. braying
  9. brayingly
  10. brayings
  11. Braylee

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