ailette
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French ailette, diminutive of aile (“wing”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ailette (plural ailettes)
- (historical) A small square piece of armour, normally made of boiled leather, worn on the shoulders of knights.
- 1858, “Arms, Armour, and Military Usages of the Fourteenth Century”, in The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, volume 205:
- […] at the back of the shoulder is fixed an ailette
Translations
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- ailette on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “ailette”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ailette f (plural ailettes)
- small wing
Descendants
[edit]- English: ailette
Further reading
[edit]- “ailette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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