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Lamboys

name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    plural of Lamboy form-of, plural
Noun
  1. 1
    Bases (skirts made of armour) historical, plural, plural-normally

    "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 […]"

Etymology

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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