manifer

n. (中古比武时握马缰的左手戴的)护手铠甲

发音

/ˈmæn.ɪˌfɝ/
/ˈmæn.ə-/
/-fɛɚ/

词形变化

manifers 复数 manifers

别名

main de fer mainfer mainfere

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A large gauntlet worn over the bridle hand during jousting tournaments.

词源

Manifer (mainfer, mainfere) ("gauntlet") and manefaire (mainfaire) ("horse's neck armor") are often taken to have originally been one word, attested in Middle English as mayndefer, maynfer, and maynefere in lists of armor used by men and their horses. Harold Dillon, 17th Viscount Dillon and Charles John ffoulkes take the meaning of "gauntlet" to be the original, from French main de fer (literally “hand of iron”); see manefaire (“horse's neck armor”) for more on that meaning.

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