ghiazzerino
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Italian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- gazzarino, ghiazarino, giazzerino m, gazzarina, giazzerina f
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Spanish jazarino (“Algerian, of Algiers”), from Arabic جَزَائِرِيّ (jazāʔiriyy), derived from الجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir, “Algiers; Algeria”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ghiazzerino m (plural ghiazzerini)
- (historical) jazerant, a chainmail overgarment of Arab origin
- Coordinate term: cotta di maglia f
- 1841, Mariano d'Ayala, Dizionario militare Francese-Italiano [French-Italian Military Dictionary], page 184:
- Jaque s. m. Giaco. Specie di camicia a maglie fitte di metallo, impenetrabile a' pugnali ed alle armi, la quale portavasi sotto le altre armi. Ve n'eran di quelli fatti a maglie schiacciate denominati ghiazzerini, ed altri a piccole piastre piastrini
- Jaque m. n. Gambison. Sort of chainmail vest, impenetrable to daggers and weapons, to be worn under other armour/armor. There were those made out of pressed mail, named ghiazzerini, and others made of small plates, piastrini;
Further reading
[edit]- ghiazzerino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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