Meanings
adjectivealwhite (not comparable)
alternative alwite · alternative alwyte
- not comparablerareComposed of polished steel plates covering most or all of the body without a surcoat or other covering; white; pertaining to white armor.
[…] white armour (or alwhite armour) [is a] complete set of plate armour worn in[…]
1998, Matthew Bennett, Peter Connolly, John Gillingham, John Lazenby, The Hutchinson Dictionary of Ancient & Medieval Warfare, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 3391 more example
[…] and the complete body armour of polished steel (alwhite armour) in which the Pre-Raphaelite painters clad[…]
1975, Richard W. Barber, The Knight and Chivalry, Rowman & Littlefield Pub Incorporated
Origin
- Middle Englishalwite
- Englishalwhite
From Middle English alwite; equivalent to all + white.
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alwhite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alwhite
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alwhite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alwhite.
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