brafonera

Old Spanish

Etymology

Perhaps from Old French braon (“slice of meat”) +‎ -era.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɾahoˈneɾa/

Noun

brafonera f (plural brafoneras)

1. arm brace, rerebrace
   • c. 1200, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 42r:

     fueró ala batalla a ramot galaad. e demudos el Rey de ſus armas. e entros ala batalla. e tirol .j. arq́ro. e firiol entrela loriga elas brafoneras.

     And they went up to the battle at Remoth Gilead. And the king disguised his armor and went into battle. And an archer shot him and wounded him between the cuirass and arm braces.

Descendants

• Spanish: brafonera