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poleine

poleine is the alternative form of poleyn.

poleine is the alternative form of poulaine.

Meaning of poleyn

Noun

poleyn (plural poleyns)

  1. (historical) The part of medieval armour that protected the knee.

Meaning of poulaine

Noun

poulaine (plural poulaines)

  1. (historical) A long, pointed toe of a shoe, a style fashionable in the 14th and 15th centuries.
  2. (historical) A shoe in such a style.

Forms of poleine

pluralpoleines

Questions about poleine

What is poleine the alternative form of?
Poleine is the alternative form of poleyn.

Words near poleine in the dictionary

  1. polegars
  2. Polegate
  3. Polehala
  4. polehead
  5. poleheads
  6. poleine
  7. poleines
  8. poleis
  9. Poleland
  10. poleless
  11. polelike

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Adapted from Wiktionary: poleine (page history and authors); poleyn (page history and authors); poulaine (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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