reremayne
English
Etymology
Probably from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman reremein, variant of areremein, from arere (“back, backwards”) + main (“hand”).
Noun
reremayne (plural reremaynes)
- (obsolete) A blow with the back of the hand. [15th c.]
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XIX:
- Sir Launcelot lepe to hym and gaff hym backwarde with hys gauntelot a reremayne that he felle to the erthe starke dede.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XIX: