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ecranches

ecranches is the plural of ecranche.

Meaning of ecranche

Noun

ecranche (plural ecranches)

  1. (historical, uncommon) A type of shield, used in jousting, which had an indentation or notch to hold the lance.
    • The Ghent altarpiece by Jan van Eyck, dating to 1430, [...depicts men] who carry several different forms of ecranche. […] Ecranches, including those from the Gladiatoria group, have an indentation on the right side, the so-called bouche, which served as a means to keep the lance stable on horseback.2018, Dierk Hagedorn, Bartlomiej Walczak, Medieval Armoured Combat: The 1450 Fencing Manuscript from New Haven, Casemate Publishers, →ISBN

Questions about ecranches

What is ecranches the plural of?
Ecranches is the plural of ecranche.

Words near ecranches in the dictionary

  1. ECQ
  2. ecquaintance
  3. ecquaintances
  4. ECR
  5. ecranche
  6. ecranches
  7. ecranisation
  8. ecranisations
  9. ecraseur
  10. ecraseurs
  11. ecrasite

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