angusticlave
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Latin angustus (“narrow”) and clavus (“nail, stripe”).
Noun
[edit]angusticlave (plural angusticlaves)
- (historical) In Ancient Rome, a narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side of the tunic as a sign of rank
Related terms
[edit]French
[edit]Noun
[edit]angusticlave m (plural angusticlaves)
Further reading
[edit]- “angusticlave”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.