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lobster-tailed pot

lobster-tailed pot noun: a European combat helmet, worn especially from the 1600s into the 1700s, consisting of a rounded skull-piece, often cheek guards and a nasal or face-guard, and a laminated defence (or single plate ridged to imitate lames) to protect the back of the neck that resembled a lobster's tail.

lobster-tailed pot: a European combat helmet, worn especially from the 1600s into the 1700s, consisting of a rounded...
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Noun

lobster-tailed pot (plural lobster-tailed pots)

  1. A European combat helmet, worn especially from the 1600s into the 1700s, consisting of a rounded skull-piece, often cheek guards and a nasal or face-guard, and a laminated defence (or single plate ridged to imitate lames) to protect the back of the neck that resembled a lobster's tail.
    • They wore a back-and-front breastplate over a buff leather coat, which itself gave some protection against sword cuts, and normally a "lobster-tailed pot" helmet with a movable three-barred visor, and a bridle gauntlet on the left hand.1987, New Model Army
    • The close helmet shown in the illustration was by this time giving place to the pot, the familiar lobster-tailed pot with side-pieces or cheeks and a barred, open face protection.2002, Philip Burton, Martin Marix Evans, M Westaway, Naseby-June 1645: English Civil War, Pen and Sword, →ISBN, page 24
    Synonyms:
    lobster pot, zischägge, harquebusier's pot, horseman's pot

Examples of lobster-tailed pot in a sentence

  • Clad in the famous buff leather coat, breastplate and 'lobster-tailed pot' helmet, the New Model soldier is instantly recognizable to us.2015, David Clark, A Brief Guide To British Battlefields: From the Roman Occupation to Culloden, Robinson, →ISBN:
  • It was nowhere close to being as fancy a helmet as the one the woman had removed, just the common sort of lobster-tailed pot helmet known as a zischagge.2017, Eric Flint, 1636: The Ottoman Onslaught, Baen Books, →ISBN:
  • The skull of the lobster-tailed pot helmet was often fluted.2017, Hannah Dennison, Murderous Mayhem at Honeychurch Hall: A Honeychurch Hall Mystery, Minotaur Books, →ISBN, page 13:

Synonyms of lobster-tailed pot

Forms of lobster-tailed pot

plurallobster-tailed pots

Questions about lobster-tailed pot

What does lobster-tailed pot mean?
Lobster-tailed pot means a European combat helmet, worn especially from the 1600s into the 1700s, consisting of a rounded skull-piece, often cheek guards and a nasal or face-guard, and a laminated defence (or single plate ridged to imitate lames) to protect the back of the neck that resembled a lobster's tail.
How do you use lobster-tailed pot in a sentence?
Clad in the famous buff leather coat, breastplate and 'lobster-tailed pot' helmet, the New Model soldier is instantly recognizable to us.
What part of speech is lobster-tailed pot?
Lobster-tailed pot is a noun.
What is the plural of lobster-tailed pot?
The plural of lobster-tailed pot is lobster-tailed pots.

Words near lobster-tailed pot in the dictionary

  1. lobster traps
  2. lobster woman
  3. lobster women
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  8. lobster-woman
  9. lobster-women
  10. lobsterback
  11. lobsterbacks

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