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Definition of Kneepieces
1. kneepiece [n] - See also: kneepiece
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kneepieces
Literary usage of Kneepieces
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Electrical Engineer (1888)
"... gun metal tubes with heavy flanges, ccc, are fitted into the vulcanite and
secured by nuts, g ; into these tubes gun-metal kneepieces, ee, are fitted, ..."
2. Calendar of the Plea Rolls of the Exchequer of the Jews Preserved in the by James Macmullen Rigg, Sarah Cohen, Paul Brand, Jewish Historical Society of England (1905)
"... and that Giles forcibly carried off by night a hauberk and 2 iron caps, a
palete 1 and collar of iron, 2 crossbows, 2 glaives, a pair of kneepieces, ..."
3. The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical by John Britton, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees, Thomas Hood, John Harris, Edward Wedlake Brayley (1813)
"... his elbow and kneepieces, trefoil pattern ; a helmet under his head, with some
beast's head for crest; and a lion at his feet : also at his right hand, ..."
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