Lexicographical Neighbors of Jambeux
Literary usage of Jambeux
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian: Concerning the Kingdoms and by Marco Polo, Henry Yule, Henri Cordier (1903)
"... eg in the leggings of Sir Thopas “His jambeux were of ... and jambeux also.
[The cut (p. 83) is well explained by this passage of Saber's Travels among ..."
2. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"(sv Jade). jambeux, leggings, armour for the legs. Dryden, Palamon and Arc., iii.
... ME. jambeux (Chaucer, CTB 2065). See Diet. (sv Jamb). ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1858)
"mail appear in our woodcuts, Nos. 4 (vol. cciv. p. 130) and 49. Leg-harness of
jacked-leather is expressly mentioned by Chaucer :— “His jambeux were of ..."
4. The Archaeological Album: Or, Museum of National Antiquities by Thomas Wright, Frederick William Fairholt (1845)
"Chaucer, describing the armour of " Sire Thopas," tells us his jambeux, or
leg-pieces, were of this material :— " His jambeux were of ..."
5. The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian: Concerning the Kingdoms and by Marco Polo (1875)
"... medieval costume; eg in the leggings of Sir Thopas :— " His jambeux were of
... jambeux also. NOTE 4.—I have nowhere met with a precise parallel to this ..."
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