sabatine

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US/ˈsæbəˌtin/

noun

A kind of metal shoe, worn as part of a suit of armor.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

nounsabatine (plural sabatines)

plural sabatines

  1. historicalobsoleteA kind of metal shoe, worn as part of a suit of armor.

    Sabatines, or steel clogs, with which long-rowelled spurs were worn.

    1867, Henry Godwin, The English Archæologist's Handbook, page 264
    2 more examples

    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.

    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

    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, […]

    1867 December 7, The Builder, page 883

    Synonyms: sabaton, solleret

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA kind of metal shoe, worn as part of a suit of armor.

Origin

  1. Latinsabatēnum
  2. Middle Englishsabatin
  3. Englishsabatine

From Middle English sabatin, Latin sabatēnum; compare sabaton.

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