pesane

pesane

English

Noun

pesane (plural pesanes)

1. Alternative form of pisane
   • 1851, James Grant, Bothwell: or, The days of Mary queen of Scots, page 15:

     But the most important feature in this display was made by John Chisholm, comptroller of Her Majesty's Ordnance, who had under his orders a band of cannoniers, armed with swords and daggers, and clad in salades and pesanes of steel ...