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Definition of Gadlings
1. gadling [n] - See also: gadling
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gadlings
Literary usage of Gadlings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of British Costume by James Robinson Planché (1834)
"The gauntlets of Edward the Black Prince are of brass or laton, and the gadlings
instead of being spikes are made in the shape of lions or leopards. ..."
2. British Costume: A Complete History of the Dress of the Inhabitants of the by James Robinson Planché (1846)
"The gauntlets of Edward the Black Prince are of brass or laton, and the gadlings
instead of being spikes are made in the shape of lions or leopards. ..."
3. Costume in England: A History of Dress to the End of the Eighteenth Century by Frederick William Fairholt (1885)
"... or ornament also occur, as in the leopard gadlings on the knuckles of the
actual gauntlets of the Black Prince, the spikes on the knuckles of his effigy ..."
4. Gloves, Their Annals and Associations: A Chapter of Trade and Social History by S. William Beck (1883)
"Rising together," says the account of this notable duel, " Sir Thomas got the
advantage of his antagonist by having sharp pricks of steel, called gadlings, ..."
5. Trial by Combat by George Neilson (1890)
"... with certain short, sharp pricks of steel fastened on the knuckles of The
value of his right gauntlet—' pricks,' says a gadlings. contemporary writer,' ..."
6. A History of the Dress of the British Soldier: From the Earliest Period to by John Luard (1852)
"The backs of the leathern gauntlets were furnished with overlapping plates, and
the knuckles armed with knobs or spikes of iron, called gad. or gadlings, ..."
7. The byrth, lyf, and actes of Kyng Arthur: of his noble knyghtes of the by Thomas Malory, William Caxton (1817)
"... the knight of France, who only of the two had certain short but sharp pricks
of steel, called gadlings *, enclosed in the joints of his right gauntlet, ..."
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