Lame

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A fabric made from gold or silver threads and silk, wool or cotton.
   uncountable
3. A stupid or undesirable person.
   slang
4. A thin layer or plate of material, as in certain kinds of armor.
5. The electrically conductive jacket worn by foil and sabre fencers.
   countable
6. A set of joined overlapping metal plates.
   in-plural
7. A kitchen tool for scoring bread dough before baking.

Equivalents

Examples

“You lames tryna clone my style and run⟳ wit it.”

“This rim involved a raised rolled edge on the rerebrace that was inserted into a raised lip on the lower lame of the pauldron. This lip allows the arm to rotate without the need⟳ for leather straps and can be clearly seen carved on to the effigy […]”

“These pauldrons are generally asymmetrical with the left pauldron wider than the right, which is cut⟳ away for the passage of the lance. It would be attached to the shoulder by points through a restored leather tab on the top lame at the apex […]”

“Their king, Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro), an epicene seven-footer with a shaved head and what looks like⟳ a gold-lamé thong, lounges on cushions in his court, surrounded by aroused lesbians intertwined and writhing like⟳ snakes in a basket.”

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