| 单词 | plate armour |
| 例句 | To disclose one's deepest frailties requires real courage, especially for many men, weighed down by the plate armour of masculine norms. Stephen Fry opens a window on to male depression – we must let boys cry 2013-06-11T09:20:03Z Azure, a griffin or, about to tear, and ramping upon, a warrior, completely armed in plate armour, in bend dexter, across the lower part of the shield. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 104, October 25, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-02-20T03:00:18.340Z They are all covered with a strong crust or shell, resembling, as the Rev. J. G. Wood puts it, "the modified plate armour" worn by men in the 16th century. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Brass′arts, the brass pieces which, in plate armour, protected the upper part of the arms, and united the shoulder and elbow pieces.—ns. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z He found at the gate five elephants, and, on each side, a line of two thousand soldiers, with helmets on their heads, armed with shields, and covered with plate armour. The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z Over the side, lowered by stout ropes, came the figure of a man fully clad in plate armour—the dreaded Luigi Spinola himself. The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z And, after all, if a man finds that plate armour is uncomfortable, that is no reason why he should not delight in seeing other people wearing it, and wearing it with dignity. Far Off Things 2011-02-04T03:00:19.967Z Those worn by the Crusaders were of chain, and later of plate armour. The Evolution of Fashion 2011-01-06T03:00:44.710Z Until the rifle came to the soldier’s hands, plate armour could easily be made shot-proof. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" The golden age of plate armour is the middle of the fifteenth century, when the design was light and graceful, and at the same time fully protective. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Suddenly a figure clad from head to foot in plate armour—a form of defensive mail only just coming into use—appeared in the window. The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z Scarcely less wide is the difference between the plate armour of an old English baron, and the simple cuirass of a covenanter! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 The knight is in complete plate armour, the lady in richly ornamented horned head-dress, and long robes. The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West As the fashion of plate armour changed, the smith might adapt an old harness to the new taste, but more often it would be cast aside. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" His arms are in plate armour, p. 12and his body in a shortened hauberk, kept from pressing on his chest, by means of the plastron, or breast-plate, within. The History and Antiquities of Horsham The first have a perfect plate armour—jointed and fitted and carved, piece by piece; but the inner framework is merely cartilaginous. Say and Seal, Volume I Effigy of a knight at Clehonger, showing development of plate armour. A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII One, a knight with hair polled, in full plate armour, and collar of S.S. The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West The procession was headed by a man dressed in a suit of burnished plate armour of brass, and mounted on a handsome black horse, the reins being held by pages ... wearing brass helmets.... The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. Poetry The mantling of later times displayed the heraldic colours of the knight, when, being clad in plate armour, there was no other means of displaying them except on the shield. Line and Form (1900) What associations it must have for soldiers; even to the man of peace it suggests plate armour, the listed field and battles long ago.… From Edinburgh to India & Burmah The shirt is also of chain-mail, while the arms and legs are protected by plate armour. Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire They were complete suits of armour—one representing a knight in plate armour, the other a Crusader in chain-mail. Personal Reminiscences in Book Making and Some Short Stories They dress, when going into battle, with chain, and sometimes plate armour, which gives them a very romantic appearance. Mark Seaworth Again, while there are only three distinct kinds of human armour—the chain, scale and plate armour—there are many kinds of animal armour. The Human Side of Animals This was the evolution from mail to plate armour. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance About his waist was a peaked brace of shining plate armour, damascened in gold by Malise himself, and filling out his almost girlish waist to manlier proportions. The Black Douglas The body is also protected, in parts, with plate armour. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three The knight was cased in plate armour, covered with a surcoat, emblazoned with his arms, and his feet resting upon a hound. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest Yet the same audience would be wholly undisturbed by anachronisms touching the introduction of silken stockings, or velvet robes, the pattern of plate armour, or the fashion of weapons. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character Just by the lectern at the north-east corner of the nave is a recumbent effigy of a knight wearing armour of the period when chain-mail was being exchanged for plate armour. The Evolution of an English Town There were also three suits of plate armour, and the grinning of the helmets of old-time contrasted with the bearskin-shrouded faces of the red guardsmen. Muslin Some of them had overlapping tongues of bright metal fastened on their clothes, others were in chain mail from head to foot, others were in heavy plate armour. The Angels of Mons The Bowmen and Other Legends of the War That the wrong done them was masked under specious pretences, and was protected by all the plate armour of law and government, made the outrage little the worse to them. The Waters of Edera Chain mail suffered extremely by rust and neglect, and even plate armour was subject to the same deterioration. Authorised Guide to the Tower of London In this N. transept is the effigy of a knight in plate armour under a foliated canopy, said to be that of Joel de Bradney, d. Somerset There are several species, all of which are invested with a coat of mail, or a kind of plate armour resembling the covering of the pangolin, or scaly ant-eater, and the shell of the tortoise. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 559, July 28, 1832 At the east end of the south aisle will be seen a black marble effigy of a knight in plate armour. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter You lost your grouse-shooting this year and the Derby, didn't you? all to sit in plate armour and jack-boots at that gloomiest and stuffiest of Horse Guards. M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." How can you tilt in plate armour, you who have never bestridden a charger? The Herd Boy and His Hermit |
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