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mamelières

mamelières is the plural of mamelière.

Meaning of mamelière

Noun

mamelière (plural mamelières)

  1. A circular armor plate (of metal, leather, etc) worn over the breast of a fighter to hold chains to which the sword, dagger, or helmet could be attached, so as to be recoverable if knocked from the fighter.
    • During the following reign an increased quantity of plate is visible, and small circular plates, mamelières, so called from their position, and to which chains were attached, that were secured at the other end to the helmet[…]1885, Frederick William Fairholt, Costume in England: A History of Dress to the End of the Eighteenth Century, London : G. Bell & Sons, page 150

Questions about mamelières

What is mamelières the plural of?
Mamelières is the plural of mamelière.

Words near mamelières in the dictionary

  1. Mamean
  2. mamee
  3. mamees
  4. mamegakinone
  5. mamelière
  6. mamelières
  7. mamelliform
  8. mamellière
  9. mamellières
  10. mamellonated
  11. mamellonation

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