Wyntoun, in his Chronicle, mentions an encounter betwixt Lindsay and a Highlander, whom he had pierced with his lance, but who, while on the ground, cut at him with his twohanded sword, and, striking through his steel jambs […]
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Jamb
//d͡ʒæm//
Synonyms for "jamb" (58 found)
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Closest matches (12)
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Related words (29)
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2 entriesTranslations
34 translations across 22 languages.
Bashkir
1 entries- яңаҡ noun (vertical component that form the side of an opening in a wall)
Catalan
2 entries- brancal noun (vertical component that form the side of an opening in a wall)
- muntant noun (vertical component that form the side of an opening in a wall)
Czech
1 entries- ostění noun (vertical component that form the side of an opening in a wall)
Esperanto
2 entries- fosto noun (vertical component that form the side of an opening in a wall)
- pordfosto noun (vertical component that form the side of an opening in a wall)
Finnish
1 entries- pieli noun (vertical component that form the side of an opening in a wall)
French
2 entries- jambage noun (vertical component that form the side of an opening in a wall)
- montant noun (vertical component that form the side of an opening in a wall)
Galician
4 entries- nembro noun (vertical component that form the side of an opening in a wall)
- tranqueiro noun (vertical component that form the side of an opening in a wall)
- ucheira noun (vertical component that form the side of an opening in a wall)
- umbreira noun (vertical component that form the side of an opening in a wall)
Georgian
2 entries- ამყოლი noun (vertical component that form the side of an opening in a wall)
- წირთხლი noun (vertical component that form the side of an opening in a wall)
German
1 entries- Türpfosten noun (vertical component that form the side of an opening in a wall)
Greek
1 entries- κάσα noun (vertical component that form the side of an opening in a wall)
Irish
1 entries- ursain noun (vertical component that form the side of an opening in a wall)
Italian
2 entries- montante noun (vertical component that form the side of an opening in a wall)
- stipite noun (vertical component that form the side of an opening in a wall)
Latvian
1 entries- stendere noun (vertical component that form the side of an opening in a wall)
Macedonian
1 entries- до́вратник noun (vertical component that form the side of an opening in a wall)
Māori
2 entries- tuturu noun (vertical component that form the side of an opening in a wall)
- whakawai noun (vertical component that form the side of an opening in a wall)
Old Irish
1 entries- airsa noun (vertical component that form the side of an opening in a wall)
Polish
2 entries- węgar noun (vertical component that form the side of an opening in a wall)
- węgarek noun (vertical component that form the side of an opening in a wall)
Portuguese
1 entries- ombreira noun (vertical component that form the side of an opening in a wall)
Russian
1 entries- кося́к noun (vertical component that form the side of an opening in a wall)
Spanish
2 entries- jamba noun (vertical component that form the side of an opening in a wall)
- marco noun (vertical component that form the side of an opening in a wall)
Ukrainian
1 entries- одвірок noun (vertical component that form the side of an opening in a wall)
Welsh
1 entries- ystlysbost noun (vertical component that form the side of an opening in a wall)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The light of the moon gleamed on his steel helmet, his globular corslet, and the taces cuisses, or thigh pieces, and steel jambs which protected his legs.
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The arms are additionally protected by plate armour - arrière bras with epaules or roundels at the shoulders, and similar […] The steel poleyns below this are large and fully formed, and below them are steel jambs, or greaves ...
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Each was wearing a surcoat either of brocade or samite. They were still wearing their steel jambs, but their other armour had been removed from them. There can be no more sleeping. The King and Queen rose, a priest sang Mass.
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