Middle English Dictionary Entry
paitrūre n.
Entry Info
| Forms | paitrūre n. |
| Etymology | From peitrel n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Decorative breast-armor for a horse.
Associated quotations
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)168 : Alle his vesture uerayly watz clene verdure..Þe pendauntes of his payttrure, þe proude cropure, [etc.].
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)601 : Þe brydel barred aboute, with bryȝt golde bounden; Þe apparayl of þe payttrure & of þe proude skyrtez..acorded wyth þe arsounez.