halecret
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested in English in 1536 as halkrig and 1540 as halkrik, taken to be from Middle French halecret,[1][2] itself first attested in 1488 as aldecrez (plural) and 1489 as hallecretz (plural),[3] of uncertain origin. Compare Breton halacred. Perhaps from Middle Dutch halscleet (“gorget”)[3] (see hals (“neck, throat”), cleet (“piece of clothing”)), or related to German Halskragen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]halecret (plural halecrets)
- (military, historical) A kind of light armour protecting the bust, used in the 16th century, usually thought to have been a corselet or light cuirass.
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- ^ “halecret”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 “halecret”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Noun
[edit]halecret m (plural halecrets)
Further reading
[edit]- “halecret”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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