payttrure

Middle English

Etymology

From peitrel, paytrel +‎ -ure;[1] compare English peitrel, poitrel.[2]

Noun

payttrure

  1. armour for defending a horse's breast or neck
    • c. 1400, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight:
      [page 168:] Þe pendauntes of his payttrure, þe proude cropure.[..]
      [page 601-2:] Þe apparayl of þe payttrure and of þe proude skyrtez [...] Þe cropore & þe couertor acorded wyth þe arsounez.

References

  1. ^ Middle English Dictionary re -ure, entry paitrure
  2. ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Payttrure”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
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