ecranche

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A type of shield, used in jousting, which had an indentation or notch to hold the lance. historical,uncommon
    — The Ghent altarpiece by Jan van Eyck, dating to 1430, [...depicts men] who carry several different forms of ecranche. […] Ecranches, including those from the Gladiatoria group, have an indentation on the right side, the so-called bouche, which served as a means to keep the lance stable on horseback.

词形变化

ecranches plural

词源

Seemingly from French, ultimately derived from cran (“notch”), although the semantics of écrancher (“uncrease, unnotch”) and its derivatives seem backward.
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