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Definition of Mascled
1. a. Composed of, or covered with, lozenge-shaped scales; having lozenge-shaped divisions.
Definition of Mascled
1. Adjective. Composed of, or covered with, lozenge-shaped scales. ¹
2. Adjective. Having lozenge-shaped divisions. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mascled
1. having a mascle [adj]
Medical Definition of Mascled
1. Composed of, or covered with, lozenge-shaped scales; having lozenge-shaped divisions. Mascled armor, armor composed of small lozenge-shaped scales of metal fastened on a foundation of leather or quilted cloth. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mascled
Literary usage of Mascled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Scottish Nation: Or, The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and by William Anderson (1877)
"Alexander is here represented clothed in a complete coat of mascled mail, protected
by progress of military fashions from England into Scotland at that ..."
2. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1900)
"First came body armour, made of metal rings, or scales sown on cloth or suits of
leather, padded with wool or " mascled " with pieces of iron, which formed ..."
3. Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity by Society of Antiquaries of London (1821)
"The earliest specimen I have found of the mascled hauberk since the Conquest ...
We are thus led to discover that the mascled, or maculated hauberks, ..."
4. Older England: Illustrated by the Anglo-Saxon Antiquities in the British by James Frederick Hodgetts (1884)
"... was really a weapon, and in the same way I believe that I may be able to
convince my audience that this mascled armour was only an armour of rings. ..."
5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"A plate of steel more or less lozenge-shaped, used in making scale-armor ,- - ,
and similar garments of fence, i mascled (mas'kld), a. ..."
6. The Pictorial History of England: Being a History of the People, as Well as by George Lillie Craik, Charles MacFarlane (1846)
"617 372 mascled Armor— Seal of Milo Fitz-Walter ... 818 373 Example« of mascled
Armor. MS. in the British Museum . 618 374 Knight of Modena. ..."
7. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1903)
"A bonnet of the mascled quilting covers the sides and back of the head, and over
this is a large flat-topped helmet with a visor. ..."
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