lamboys

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noun

Bases (skirts made of armour)

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Meanings

lamboys1

nounlamboys pl (normally plural, singular lamboy)

singular lamboy

  1. historicalpluralplural normallyBases (skirts made of armour)

    On the wall back of these cases is the skirt (lamboys) of a suit of armor said to have belonged to Henry VIII of England. Near by on the right are swords of the […]

    1922, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), Guide to the Collections, page 30

Lamboys2

proper noun
  1. pluralplural of Lamboy

Origin

Unclear. Perhaps from French lambeaux (“shreds, tatters; the fringe on a military cloak”), or perhaps a misreading of jamboys, jambeaus (“leg armor”).

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lamboys. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lamboys

MLA

“lamboys.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lamboys. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lamboys,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lamboys.

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