Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In medieval armor, the defenses of the legs and thighs.
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They were cut in the form of pillars, chamfered, channelled and pinked behind that they might not over-heat his reins: and were, within the panes, puffed out with the lining of as much blue damask as was needful: and remark, that he had very good leg-harness, proportionable to the rest of his stature.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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They were cut in the form of pillars, chamfered, channelled and pinked behind that they might not over-heat his reins: and were, within the panes, puffed out with the lining of as much blue damask as was needful: and remark, that he had very good leg-harness, proportionable to the rest of his stature.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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They were cut in the form of pillars, chamfered, channelled and pinked behind that they might not over-heat his reins: and were, within the panes, puffed out with the lining of as much blue damask as was needful: and remark, that he had very good leg-harness, proportionable to the rest of his stature.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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