Middle English Dictionary Entry
platen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | platen v. Ppl. plaited. |
| Etymology | OF plater; cp. OE āplatad & geplatod & ML plata & platus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To cover (sth.) with a layer of metal or with mail; harneis plated, armored gear, armor.
Associated quotations
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.5630 : Al þe rofe and closure enviroun Was of fyn gold, platid vp & doun.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)97a : Loke þou ordeyne þat þe leues of þe ȝates ben keuered & heled wiþ rawe hydes or skynnes, & aboue þat wel plated wiþ yren.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1345 : Every wal..Was plated half a foote thikke Of gold.
- (1451) Lin.DDoc.56/30 : I will yat Steven Chambyrlayn..haf Al the stuf yt es in my place at london except plate or harnas platyd.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)97a : Playted: squamatus.
- (a1500) Instrum.Pax in Antiq.33212 : [A pax of] tre plated wt copr overgilded, wt a crucifix in the midst.