sabatine

Definitions

A kind of metal shoe, worn as part of a suit of armor.

historical, obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“They have⟳ the queue, and the sabatines, and their thighs are protected by sockets. […] They have⟳ sockets on their saddles, and sabatines on their feet, with queues to their back-plates.”

“Sabatines, or steel clogs, with which long-rowelled spurs were worn.”

“A knight of the reign of Henry VI. was not fully equipped without fifteen pieces of war-gear, beginning with his sabatines, or steel clogs with long rowelled spurs, […]”

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