English
legharness
Legharness comes from Middle English legharneis ‘legharness: leg armor’.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500legharneis‘legharness: leg armor’
- Englishearliest quotation 1958legharness
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500legharneis‘legharness: leg armor’
- Englishearliest quotation 1958legharness
Earliest quotation: 1958, Claude Blair, European Armour: “Right legharness and sabaton of an armour made for…”
Every English word from Middle English legharneis
Today it means
noun Leg armor.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English legharneis / legharness