10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHAMFRAIN»
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Southey's Common-place Book
[The Chamfrain.] " Тнв chamfrain was made of metal or boiled leather, and
covered the forepart of the four principal branches of poetry, and to study in each
of them for three years. He was to have in memory seven times fifty stories, to
entertain ...
Robert Southey, John Wood Warter, 1876
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Southey's common-place book. Ed. by J.W. Warter
Walker's Irish Bards. [The Chamfrain.'] " The chamfrain was made of metal or
boiled leather, and covered the forepart of the four principal branches of poetry,
and to study in each of them for three years, lie was to have in memory seven
times ...
Robert Southey, John Wood Warter, 1849
3
Researcher's Glossary: Of Words Found in Historical ...
Of Words Found in Historical Documents of East Anglia David Yaxley. of the
same. apron cloth or leather garment worn down the front for work and to protect
other clothing; ornamental apron. 7592: on apeme. 1595: two lytle apomes one
stuffe ...
4
The British Army: Its Origin, Progress, and Equipment
The Count of Foix, at the taking of Bayonne, in the same reign (Charles VII.), had
a chamfrain of steel garnished with gold and precious stones, valued at 15,000
gold crowns. (Hist. dc Charles VI I.. sous l'an 14-49.) War-horses. the gambeson,
...
Sir James Sibbald David Scott (bart.), 1868
5
Revue D'histoire Et D'archéologie
Item ; pour ung plumas de chamfrain de noirs plumes ; Item, ung aultrc plumas
aussi de chamfrain faict s de trois couleurs seruans pour les deux chevaulx allant
aloffrande. Item; ung tymbre de plumes seruans sur le hcaulme de joustes, ...
6
A new and enlarged Military Dictionary, in French and ...
CHAMFRAIN, Fr. an armour used to protect the horse: it was made either ot'inetul
or of boiled leather, and covered' the front part of the animal's head, in the shape
of a mask. A round, sharp pointed piece of iron was fixed on tho ' center of it.
Charles JAMES (Major.), 1816
7
A New and Enlarged Military Dictionary: Or, Alphabetical ...
CHAMFRAIN, Fr. An armour used to protect the horse : it was made either of
metal or of boiled leather, and covered the front part of the animal's head, in the
shape of a mask. A round, sharp- pointed piece of iron was fixed on the centre of
it.
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The Ingoldsby Legends, Volume 1
It was a work ofno common difficulty or danger; a steed ofless “mettle and bone”'“
had long since sunk in the effort: as it was, the Baron's boots were full of water,
and Grey Dolphin's chamfrain more than once dipped beneath the wave.
Richard Harris Barham, Carol Hart, 2013
9
Armies of Medieval Burgundy 1364-1477
... war saddle and chamfrain, and must have blue and white plumes on his sallet
and chamfrain. He was also issued with a vermilion velvet St. Andrew's cross for
his armour, but we are not told how it was to be fixed. The three mounted archers
...
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A Series of Military Experiments of Attack and Defence, made ...
Frequently from the centre of the forehead projected an iron spike: their necks
were defended by a numberof small plates of iron connectedtogether, called a
eriniere, or manefaire; they had * Armour for the horse's head was called a
chamfrain ...
John Russell (Lieutenant.), 1806
