poleyn

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poleyn

(ˈpəʊleɪn)

(Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) a piece of armour for protecting the knee. Also called: kneecap

[from Old French polain]

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po•leyn

(ˈpoʊ leɪn)

n.

armor for the knee.

[1350–1400; Middle English poleyn, polayne < Old French po(u)lain, of uncertain orig.]

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Here are six rooms hung with 132 exhibits, with an excess of speciously relevant background: obscure scraps of armour (sabatons, poleyns and a vambrace with reinforcing couter); grim hunting knives such as St Eustace might have used outside the picture; a sword perhaps slightly like the sword in St George's sheath; a tapestry Pisanello never saw, and other antique fillgaps; and there is not a single place for visitors to sit.