Middle English Dictionary Entry
brācēr n.
Entry Info
| Forms | brācēr n. Also braser, brassur(e. |
| Etymology | OF braceüre, brasseüre; ME brācēr prob. from AF. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. brace.
1.
(a) The part of a suit of armor protecting the arm; (b) an arm guard or wrist guard used by archers; (c) a bracelet, an armlet.
Associated quotations
a
- [ c1312 Will Durham in Sur.Soc.216 : j par de Waynpayns & ij brasers vj s. ]
- [ (1322) Doc.in HMC Var.Col.7334 : j pare de braserss..jambers..j basinette. ]
- (1350-1) Will Court Hust.(Gldh)1.649 : [A pair of] Bracers.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1859 : Brasers burnyste bristez in sondyre.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)4247 : He..Swappes of þe swerde-hande..Ane inche fro þe elbowe..Thorowe brater [read: bracer] of brown stele and þe bryghte mayles.
b
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.111 : Vpon his arm he bar a gay bracer And by his syde a swerd and a bokeler.
- (1429) Will York in Sur.Soc.4420 : To the son of John Amstyrlay a russet cloke..& a brasur harnest wyth sylver.
- (1435) Will York in Sur.Soc.3052 : Unum baslardum et unum brasoure ornatum cum argento.
c
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)20b/b : Dextrale: a bracer..Dextrochirium: a bracer.
- 1448 *Glo.Chron.C (Arms 58:Kooper)f.138r : In a ernes neste was founde a fayre childe, wel arayed with riche stones and and armilles in the heres and bracers in the armes [L (William of Malmesbury (Stubbs, 176, n.5)): armillis in brachiis] and other kyngus ornamentes, in tokne that hit was of summe gentil kynde.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)17b : A Brasur [Monson: Brassure]: brathiale vel brachiale.