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Definition of Jambeaux
1. jambeau [n] - See also: jambeau
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jambeaux
Literary usage of Jambeaux
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1868)
"One hung a pole-axe at his saddle-bow, And one a heavy mace to shun th'e foe;
One for his legs and knees provided well, With jambeaux arm'd, ..."
2. Costume in England: A History of Dress to the End of the Eighteenth Century by Frederick William Fairholt (1885)
"JAMBES—jambeaux. Armour for the legs. The cut is from the brass of Sir John de
Creke, at Westley Waterless, Cambridgeshire, circa 1325. ..."
3. Palamon and Arcite, Or, The Knight's Tale from Chaucer by John Dryden, Geoffrey Chaucer, May Estelle Cook (1898)
"jambeaux. From French, jambe, the leg. 1322. Unity of construction would require
the phrase " round and long of arm," In place of the clause. 1337. ..."
4. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1894)
"... work with which I am acquainted occurs in Chaucer's Sir Topas ' His jambeaux
were of ..."
5. The Pictorial History of England: Being a History of the People, as Well as by George Lillie Craik, Charles MacFarlane (1846)
"... and Chaucer's Sir Thopas wore jambeaux or jambs of " cuir-bouly," a preparation
of leather much used in the fourteenth century, not only for armor, ..."
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