alwhite
English
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Alwite of Wilhem IV von Gotland
Alternative forms
- alwite, alwyte
Etymology
From Middle English alwite; equivalent to all + white.
Adjective
alwhite (not comparable)
- (rare, of armor) Composed of polished steel plates covering most or all of the body without a surcoat or other covering; white; pertaining to white armor.
- 1975, Richard W. Barber, The Knight and Chivalry, Rowman & Littlefield Pub Incorporated:
- […] and the complete body armour of polished steel (alwhite armour) in which the Pre-Raphaelite painters clad […]
- 1998, Matthew Bennett; Peter Connolly; John Gillingham; John Lazenby, The Hutchinson Dictionary of Ancient & Medieval Warfare, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 339:
- […] white armour (or alwhite armour) [is a] complete set of plate armour worn in […]
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:alwite.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:alwyte.
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See also
- Chinese 爛銀鎧 (“bright and shiny armor; armor that is as sparkling as silver”)