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main de fer

main de fer is the alternative form of manifer.

Meaning of manifer

Noun

manifer (plural manifers)

  1. A large gauntlet worn over the bridle hand during jousting tournaments.
    • In addition to the ordinary tilting armour extra pieces were worn : The grandguard and volant piece, very often riveted together; the elbow or pasguard, and the manifer or miton gauntlet for the bridle hand.1898, The Archaeological Journal, page 312

Forms of main de fer

pluralmains de fer

Origin of main de fer

From Middle English mayndefer, from Middle French main de fer (literally “hand of iron”).

Questions about main de fer

What is main de fer the alternative form of?
Main de fer is the alternative form of manifer.

Words near main de fer in the dictionary

  1. main contractors
  2. main course
  3. main courses
  4. main curtain
  5. main curtains
  6. main de fer
  7. main deck
  8. main decks
  9. main diagonal
  10. main diagonals
  11. main dish

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Adapted from Wiktionary: main de fer (page history and authors); manifer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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