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Definition of Poleyns
1. poleyn [n] - See also: poleyn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poleyns
Literary usage of Poleyns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. London: Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1807)
"made, nny shoes, galoches, or buskins, with poleyns exceeding the length of two
inches, under the forfeiture of 20s." HENRY VII. According to Stow, the u§e ..."
2. A Manual for the Study of Monumental Brasses: With a Descriptive Catalogue by Herbert Haines, Oxford Architectural Society (1848)
"All these are armed in complete mail, without any admixture of plate- armour,
with the exception of the poleyns, or knee-caps, of the four full- length ..."
3. Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity by Society of Antiquaries of London (1821)
"In the illumination just mentioned they are worn with greaves without poleyns.
In a very fine specimen, viz, the monument of Sir Roger de Trumpington, ..."
4. Three Early English Metrical Romances: With an Introduction and Glossary by John Robson (1843)
"They have also the poleyns.|| * Sir H. Elli«, Penny Cyclop. Art. Armour, t Warton's
History of English Poetry, i. 251. § Sir H. Ellis, loco citalo. II Ibid. ..."
5. The American Quarterly Review by Robert Walsh (1837)
"In England, an act of parliament forbade the making of any shoes or buskins '
with poleyns exceeding the length of two inches. ..."
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