byrnie

n. 锁子甲,铠甲

发音

UK /ˈbɜːni/
US /ˈbɝni/

词形变化

byrnies 复数 byrnies

别名

byrny

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A short chain mail shirt, covering from the upper arms to the upper thighs.

    历史

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

hauberk

上位词 4

mail chain armour chain mail ringmail

词源

From Middle English brinie, burne (whence also, without metathesis, obsolete English brinie), from Old Norse brynja. Cognates include Old English byrne, Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉 (brunjō) (whence Old Church Slavonic брънѩ (brŭnję)), German Brünne, French broigne.

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