† leg-harness Obs.
Forms: see leg n. and harness n.
Armour for the leg.
| 1388 Wyclif 1 Sam. xvii. 6 And stelyn legharneis [1388 bootis of bras] he [Goliath] hadde in the hipis. 1426 Lydg. De Guil. Pilgr. 8178 Legharneys ys lefft be-hynde, That thow mayst, at lyberte, Hyr dartys and hyr brondys fle. 1513 Douglas æneis xii. vii. 114 Hys lymmis in leg-harnes gold begane, Claspyt full clos. 1601 Holland Pliny II. 514 Nailes, studs and tackes imploied about greeues and leg-harneis. a 1653 Gouge Comm. Heb. x. 36 Shooes, or legg-harnesse, whereby men are enabled to hold out in their way. 1828–40 Tytler Hist. Scot. (1864) II. 67 Armed with..leg-harness, sword, spear, and dagger. |
| fig. 1509 Hawes Past. Pleas. xxvii. (Percy Soc.) 130 Good hope his legge harneys sholde be. |