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Middle English
Etymology
From peitrel, paytrel + -ure; compare English peitrel, poitrel.
Noun
payttrure
- armour for defending a horse's breast or neck
- c. 1400, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight:
- Þe pendauntes of his payttrure, þe proude cropure.
- Þe apparayl of þe payttrure and of þe proude skyrtez Þe cropore & þe couertor acorded wyth þe arsounez.
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