lames

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/leɪmz/

noun

Small steel plates combined so as to slide one upon other and form a piece of armour: plural of lame.

OriginFrench lame ← Latin lāmina →
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Meanings

lames1

verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of lame
noun
  1. pluralplural of lame

lames2

nounlames pl (normally plural, singular lame)

singular lame

  1. pluralplural normallySmall steel plates combined so as to slide one upon other and form a piece of armour: plural of lame.

    FAULD of three lames, fluted. TASSETS of five fluted lames attached to the fauld by two pairs of steel hinges (modern), the bottom edges boldly turned under and roped, the edge of the lower lame hollowed and strongly roped.

    1962, Wallace Collection (London, England), Catalogue of Armour

Origin

lames · verb, noun

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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lames · noun

  1. Latinlāmina
  2. Frenchlame“a thin plate”
  3. Englishlames

Borrowed from French lame (“a thin plate”), from Latin lāmina.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with lames

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Anagrams

SalemmalesSelmaSmaleSmealmelassemla
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