Middle English Dictionary Entry
grāte n.(3)
Entry Info
| Forms | grāte n.(3) |
| Etymology | ?From grāten v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The graper or burr of a lance, designed to grip on the lance rest; (b) a lance rest (on the side of the breastplate); (c) ?a breastplate.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1340) Bill Armourer in Antiq.22150 : Et iiij Grates & iiij Avantplates deliverez en la gard le Roi..Et de iij Grates & iiij avant plates deliverez en la gardere le Roi.
b
- a1425-a1500(?c1350) Libeaus (Kaluza)1675 : He smitte his schaft in grate; Almest him þouȝt to late, Whan he hem siȝ wiþ siȝtes.
- ?a1425 Siege Jerus.(1) (Lamb 491)745 : Þe grate [Ld: A brynye browded þicke, with a brest-plate, Grayþed of gray steel, & of gold riche].
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)133/28 : Þen made George a cros befor hym, and set hys spere in þe grate, and wyth such myght bare down þe dragon into þe erth.
c
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)578 : We werreours..thus vs embataile, Gouerned, vndir grate to prevaile.