alwyte

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A form of alwhite — Composed of polished steel plates covering most or all of the body without a surcoat or other covering; white; pertaining to white armor.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

adjectivealwyte (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of alwhite.

    Wearing alwyte armour, the islander's knights could not defend their land as the sky over the last island to be attacked by advancing coalition forces was filled[…]

    2012 September 25, Bismark Ansah, Princess Victoria and the Sorcerer of the Isle of Man, Dorrance Publishing, →ISBN, page 15
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    The other, with a 'white' back and breast (i.e., plain polished steel), but a skirt covered in blue velvet, is a near approach to the 'alwyte' harness which became universally popular a couple of decades after.

    2012, Ewart Oakeshott, European Weapons and Armour: From the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution, Boydell Press, →ISBN, page 194

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Chicago

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