ˌalmain-ˈrivets
A kind of light armour, first used in Germany, in which great flexibility was obtained by overlapping plates sliding on rivets.
| 1530 Palsgr. 516 He hath dygged hym in nat withstandyng his almayne ryvettes, nonobstant ses cuirasses. 1565 in Richmondsh. Wills (1853) 179, j almon revet..j shafe of arrowes, and other hustlements xxvjs. viijd. 1591 Garrard Art of Warre 10 The forepart of a Corslet and a Headpeece, as is the Almaine Rivet. 1742 Bailey, Almain Rivets, a certain light kind of Armour with Plates of Iron for the Defence of the Arms; used by Germans. 1834 J. R. Planché Brit. Costume 253 Black bill-men or halberdiers, who wore the armour called almain rivet. |