Meaning of braconnière | Babel Free

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A skirt or apron of mail or lamellar armor, worn with plate armor, to defend the stomach, groin, and upper thighs.

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“D, braconnière of plates sliding one over another;”

“The body armor consisted of the plastron and dossière (breast and backplates), strapped together at the sides; the lower part of the plastron, covering the abdomen, being further protected by a reinforcement or additional plate called the braconnière, composed of three articulated plaques of steel.”

“The pieces of the couvre-nuque, the gorget, the rerebrace, and the braconnière and the tassets were held together in this way.”

“[…]gauntlets, visors, breastplates, heaumes, palettes and salades; with cuisses, solerets and shoes à la poulaine; with pauldrons, braconnières, tassets, loin-guards, vamplates, surtouts, and bassinets.”

“The braconnière and tassets are, however, of somewhat later date (about 1535).”

“The firm of Coda, for instance, which is carrying on this traditional occupation of Minorca, now makes chatelain vanity bags in place of braconnières, and the clumsy solleret, which was produced with excessive pains and slowness, has vanished before such things as the engine-turned gold cigarette case.”

“Braconnière; tuille tassets, with six indicated lames.”

“Comprising armet with roped comb, flanged slot ocularium, and perforated ventail; colletin bearing Nuremberg mark, backplate, and breastplate with braconnière and tassets;”

“Danish warrior of the fourteenth century, whose armour is curious because of the braconniere or apron and loinguards in trellised work which partly cover the mailed hauberk.”

“The true blade Peaceful snouted up and seared through the first knight's mail deep into his groin. […] The man collapsed in a clattering uproar of metal clashing against metal. Trouble with a full suit of plate, even today and as far as armorers like Master Gyron had gone, was that betraying section of mail braconniere.”

“Underneath was a broad girdle of heavy leather and metal plates, from which hung thigh guards and a kind of braconniere, a kilt of chain mail.”

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