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byrny

byrny is the alternative form of byrnie.

Meaning of byrnie

Noun

byrnie (plural byrnies)

  1. (historical) A short chain mail shirt, covering from the upper arms to the upper thighs.
    • […] those that walked armed before the Witches’ booths, six in company, harnessed as for battle in byrnies of shining bronze, with greaves and shields of bronze and helms that glanced in the sun.1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 17

Forms of byrny

pluralbyrnies

Questions about byrny

What is byrny the alternative form of?
Byrny is the alternative form of byrnie.

Words near byrny in the dictionary

  1. Byrneside
  2. Byrness
  3. byrnie
  4. byrnies
  5. Byrns
  6. byrny
  7. byroad
  8. byroads
  9. Byrock
  10. Byrom
  11. Byroms

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