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schynbalds

schynbalds is the plural of schynbald.

Meaning of schynbald

Noun

schynbald (plural schynbalds)

  1. (historical) A piece of plate armor (from the 1200s to the 1400s) for the lower leg (shin): a metal plate, often strapped over mail or padding, now especially one which did not completely enclose the lower leg like a greave might.
    • […] early leg defence, such as poleyns and schynbalds, can be seen on the incised tomb-slab of Pakoslaw of Mstyczów, which was made around 1319 (see page 21).2012, David Nicolle, Witold Sarnecki, Medieval Polish Armies 966–1500, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 34

Questions about schynbalds

What is schynbalds the plural of?
Schynbalds is the plural of schynbald.

Words near schynbalds in the dictionary

  1. Schwyzer Dutsch
  2. Schwyzertütsch
  3. Schwäbisch Hall
  4. schwə
  5. schynbald
  6. schynbalds
  7. schyphozoan
  8. Schönbergian
  9. Schöneberg
  10. Schönhage
  11. Schönhage-Strassen algorithm

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