Middle English Dictionary Entry
sabatǒun n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sabatǒun n. Also sabbatone. |
| Etymology | From ML sab(b)atum; cp. OProv. sabatō & ME sabatīn(e n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A kind of slipper or shoe; (b) arm. a piece of protective armor for the upper side of the foot, held in place by laces or straps.
Associated quotations
a
- (1423) Will York in Sur.Soc.4576 : De v s. receptis pro j pare de sabbatones, brouddird, et couch' cum perell', Et de vj s. viij d. receptis pro j pare de sabbatones de albo panno auri.
b
- (1388) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)5.38 : [A set of] plates, greves, cussheaux, vanbras, polynes, gavez [and] sabatons [of] quyrboille, [old and in poor condition, together with a cupboard to put them in].
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)574 : Þenne set þay þe sabatounz vpon þe segge fotez, His legez lapped in stel with luflych greuez.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.50 : Some also dempte..To armen hem for bataille..And dide on..Sabatouns, grevis, cusschewis, & voideris.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)1437 : Whan they weren disarmed of her platis, Cusshewes, Greues, and her sabatons..Tweyn mantels vnto hem wer broght.
- (1449) Metham AC (Gar 141)977 : This forsayd knyght Blak sabatouns weryd.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)10026 : Hym self was armed fynly wel Wyþ sabatons [F cauces de fer], & spores, & iaumbers of stel.
- a1486 Arms Chivalry (Mrg M 775)43 : To arme a man: Firste ye muste sette on Sabatones [vr. sabatynes] and tye hem up on the shoo with smale poyntis that wol breke.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)346 : Then toke Mynerue, the goddesse, her sete..Gauntlettes on hyr handys & sabatouns on hyr fete.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500(1439) Lydg.Sts.AA (Lnsd 699)1906 : His sabatouns set on a ground of trouthe, And his grevis forgid with stabilnesse, And his poleynys pliant without slouthe.
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