Note: The example from Caxton in sense 1.(b) may be interpreted as belonging to 1.(a) 'cowardly,' but this suits neither the context nor the source. Nor can 'couard' reasonably be taken as equivalent to 'inermis' in its usual literal sense 'unarmed.' It is here taken as reflecting the more general sense of 'inermis,' such as befits the attitude of a battle-hardened professional army toward civilian opponents: something on the order of 'soft, toothless, easy prey' -- lacking valor in the material and physical sense.