Middle English Dictionary Entry
spaudeler n.
Entry Info
| Forms | spaudeler n. Also (error) spanbelere. |
| Etymology | From AF espaudler, var. of OF espauler; cp. ME spaud(e n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A piece of armor protecting the shoulder.
Associated quotations
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)5327 : Cowderbras..Smot Sere Thomas..On his spawdeler off his scheelde, þat it fleyȝ into þe ffeelde.
- ?a1500 Trin-C.LEDict.Suppl.(Trin-C O.5.4)588/17 : A spanbelere [read: spaudelere; glossing Dict.: Humeralis].