| 单词 |
placcate |
| 释义 |
ˈplaccate Obs. exc. Hist.
Also 8 plaquet, 9 placate.
[app. a variant of placard (in sense 3): cf. the γ forms there. See also placket2 1.]
1. A piece of armour consisting of a plate of steel or iron worn over the cuirass: = placard n. 3 a. Also, a leather jacket or doublet lined with strips of steel, worn under the outer armour.
1632J. Cruso Milit. Instr. Cavallerie (Fairholt), [A breast and back] caliver proof by addition of the placcate. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. xix. (Roxb.) 166/2 They..haue vnder their Armour a good Buffe coate, or a Placcate or an under brest plate to make them caliver proofe. 1788Grose Milit. Antiq. (1801) II. 252 The breastpiece [of the cuirass] was occasionally strengthened by an additional plate called a plaquet. 1869Boutell Arms & Armour x. (1874) 204 The plates..placed in front of the shoulders were placates; but when the shoulders were covered by the reinforce-plates, they were distinguished as pauldrons.
†2. = placket2. Obs.
1588Shakes. L.L.L. iii. i. 186 Don Cupid, Regent of Loue-rimes, Lord of folded armes... Dread Prince of Placcats, King of Codpeeces.
†3. See placard n. 1 c. Obs. |
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