Middle English Dictionary Entry
polron n.
Entry Info
| Forms | polron n. Pl. pollerons, palerns, polrondis. |
| Etymology | OF paleron; also cp. F (16th-cent.) espauleron. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A piece of armor protecting the shoulder; also, a protective cloth pad for the shoulder [quot.: Paston 2nd].
Associated quotations
- (1439) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.19 : [One] curas..[2] garbrase, [2] palerns, [4 s. 8 d.].
- (1454) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.146 : [7 pairs of] gardebras [and] pollerons [at 3 s. 4 d. the pair].
- (1465) Paston (EETS)1.300 : Wyks delyveryd..ij payre polrondys.
- (1465) Paston (EETS)1.326 : A jakk, the polrondys of a payre, bryganders of rede sateyn.
- (1474-5) Will York in Sur.Soc.45215 : j harnesse completum, j polron excepto.