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rustred

rustred adjective: having rustres.

Adjective

rustred (not comparable)

  1. (historical) Having rustres.
    • [image of (a) papelonné and (b) masculy; caption:] Two shields (a) representing rustred armour, and (b) mascled armour, anno 1100.1856, Thomas Stewart Traill, Encyclopædia Britannica, Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, page 323
    • (By its interwoven mascles his hanberk^([sic]) is conspicuously marked.) This was called "rustred armour," as contrasted with "ringed armour," one row of flat rings, about double the usual size, being laid over the other so that two in the upper partially covered one below.1896, Arthur Perceval Purey- Cust, The Heraldry of York Minster: A Key to the History of Its Builders and Benefactors ; as Shewn in the Stained-glass Windows, and in the Carved Work in Stone, page 110

Origin of rustred

From rustre + -ed.

Questions about rustred

What does rustred mean?
Rustred means having rustres.
What part of speech is rustred?
Rustred is an adjective.

Words near rustred in the dictionary

  1. rustproofers
  2. rustproofing
  3. rustproofings
  4. rustproofs
  5. rustre
  6. rustred
  7. rustres
  8. rusts
  9. rusts off
  10. rusts out
  11. rusts through

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