sabatine
English
Etymology
From Middle English sabatin, Latin sabatēnum; compare sabaton.
Noun
sabatine (plural sabatines)
- (historical, obsolete) A kind of metal shoe, worn as part of a suit of armor.
- Synonyms: sabaton, solleret
- 1842, S. R. Meyrick, A Critical Inquiry Into Antient Armour, as it Existed in Europe, Particularly in Great Britain, from the Norman Conquest to the Reign of King Charles II: Ill. by a Series of Illuminated Engravings : with a Glossary of Military Terms of the Middle Ages, page 202:
- They have the queue, and the sabatines, and their thighs are protected by sockets. […] They have sockets on their saddles, and sabatines on their feet, with queues to their back-plates.
- 1867, Henry Godwin, The English Archæologist's Handbook, page 264:
- Sabatines, or steel clogs, with which long-rowelled spurs were worn.
- 1867 December 7, The Builder, page 883:
- A knight of the reign of Henry VI. was not fully equipped without fifteen pieces of war-gear, beginning with his sabatines, or steel clogs with long rowelled spurs, […]
Further reading
- 1883, John William Mollett, An Illustrated Dictionary of Words Used in Art and Archaeology, page 286:
- Sabatines, O. E. (1) Steel armour for the feet; 16th century. (2) Slippers, or clogs.