Middle English Dictionary Entry
alet n.
Entry Info
Forms | alet n. |
Etymology | OF alete wing. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Arm. Shoulder plate [see M. G. Houston, Med.Costume (1939) 61 & 100].
Associated quotations
- [ (1322) Will de Bohun in Archaeol.J.2349 : iiij peire de alettes desarmes le Counte de Hereford. ]
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)2565 : An alet enamelde he oches in sondire.