Meaning of manifer | Babel Free

Definitions

A large gauntlet worn over the bridle hand during jousting tournaments.

Examples

“In addition to the ordinary tilting armour extra pieces were worn : The grandguard and volant piece, very often riveted together; the elbow or pasguard, and the manifer or miton gauntlet for the bridle hand.”

“(vii) The manifer (reinforcing bridle gauntlet for the tilt) was examined in cross-section. The microstructure shows tempered martensite and bands of ferrite, associated with corrosion cracks.”

“Even from that distance, the Master of the Armoury could see⟳ that the gauntlets were masterpieces of construction, the left one a manifer or bridle gauntlet, designed to cover⟳ hand and lower arm on the exposed side of the jouster.”

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