solleret Archæol.
(ˈsɒlərɛt)
Also soleret, solerette.
[a. OF. soll-, soleret, dim. of soll-, soler, souler (mod.F. soulier) shoe.]
A shoe composed of steel plates or scales, forming part of a knight's armour in the 14th and 15th centuries.
| 1826 A. E. Bray De Foix iii. 72 Upon his feet are seen the long-toed solerette, or pointed shoe (peculiar to the fourteenth century). 1834 J. R. Planché Brit. Costume 138 With sollerets of over-lapping plates for the feet. 1884 Athenæum 16 Aug. 217/2 A fine effigy of a knight..with sollerets constructed of overlapping scales. |