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Definition of Anelace
1. n. Same as Anlace.
Definition of Anelace
1. Noun. A medieval long dagger. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Anelace
1. anlace [n -S] - See also: anlace
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anelace
Literary usage of Anelace
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Costume as Illustrated by Monumental Brasses by Herbert Druitt (1906)
"68, 71). anelace on left side ; boots embroidered with stars, ... On his left
side an anelace, the scabbard of which sheathes two smaller knives ("bas- ..."
2. Costume in England: A History of Dress from the Earliest Period Till the by Frederick William Fairholt (1846)
"anelace. A knife or dagger worn at the girdle. See the Glossary to Matthew ...
They are of general occurrence ; hut we frequently see the anelace alone, ..."
3. The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist,: A Quarterly Journal and Review edited by Llewellyn Frederick William Jewitt, John Charles Cox, John Romilly Allen (1888)
"We may, therefore, look on the anelace as a form of dagger, ... The mention of
the anelace does not seem to extend later than the fourteenth century, ..."