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kneelet

kneelet noun: a band or piece of jewellery worn around the knee.

Noun

kneelet (plural kneelets)

  1. A band or piece of jewellery worn around the knee.
    • [They] would have dreaded nothing more than that her ridiculous distress should become publicly known, if they had worn genouillères, that is to say, knee-pieces. A necessary part of a suit of armour was distinguished by this name in the days of chivalry; and the article of dress which corresponds...1847, Robert Southey, chapter 158, in The Doctor, &c., volume 6, London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, page 215
    • Clytæmnestra and her accomplice, Ægisthus, overawing the simple peasants of Mycenæ in regal pomp […] he in the shining cuirass and diadem, the slim golden armlets, anklets, kneelets, with the sharp bronze sword in its glittering sheath, and the dagger worth a petty chieftain’s ransom by his side […]1903, E. E. G., The Makers of Hellas: A Critical Inquiry into the Philosophy and Religion of Ancient Greece, London: Charles Griffin, § III, page 171

Forms of kneelet

pluralkneelets

Origin of kneelet

From knee + -let.

Questions about kneelet

What does kneelet mean?
Kneelet means a band or piece of jewellery worn around the knee.
What part of speech is kneelet?
Kneelet is a noun.
What is the plural of kneelet?
The plural of kneelet is kneelets.

Words near kneelet in the dictionary

  1. kneeler
  2. kneelers
  3. kneeles
  4. kneeless
  5. kneelest
  6. kneelet
  7. kneeleth
  8. kneelets
  9. kneelike
  10. kneeling
  11. kneeling before

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