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Definition of Solleret
1. Noun. Armor plate that protects the foot; consists of mail with a solid toe and heel.
Generic synonyms: Armor Plate, Armor Plating, Armour Plate, Plate Armor, Plate Armour
Group relationships: Body Armor, Body Armour, Cataphract, Coat Of Mail, Suit Of Armor, Suit Of Armour
Definition of Solleret
1. n. A flexible steel shoe (or one of the plates forming such a shoe), worn with mediæval armor.
Definition of Solleret
1. Noun. A flexible steel shoe worn with mediaeval armour. ¹
2. Noun. One of the plates forming a shoe of this kind. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Solleret
1. a sabaton [n -S] - See also: sabaton
Lexicographical Neighbors of Solleret
Literary usage of Solleret
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe: From the Iron Period of the Northern by John Hewitt (1860)
"The vambrace, of ridged scale, is from the brass at Minster, Isle of Sheppey, c.
1337 g. The solleret is from that of Sir William Cheyney, 1375 (Waller, ..."
2. A Cyclopaedia of Costume Or Dictionary of Dress, Including Notices of by James Robinson Planché (1876)
"solleret, isth century. Londesborough Collection. ... Broad-toed solleret. Temp.
Henry VIII. associations, it is, from its exquisite workmanship, ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1858)
"In these examples the articulations are continued from the instep to the point
of the shoe; but in other cases they occupy half only of the solleret. ..."
4. Costume in England: A History of Dress to the End of the Eighteenth Century by Frederick William Fairholt (1885)
"See a paper by Mr. James on the solleret, vol. xi., " Jour. Arch. Assoc."
The accompanying cut is from a long-toed solleret in the Londesborough Collection. ..."
5. A History of the Dress of the British Soldier: From the Earliest Period to by John Luard (1852)
"The toe of the solleret was at one time of enormous length, pointing down; at
another time, equally long, pointing up; then the front of the ..."
6. The British Army: Its Origin, Progress, and Equipment by James Sibbald David Scott, Sibbald David Scott (1868)
"207 27. Suit of Chain and Plate Armour. AD 1250 .... 208 28. solleret, 24 inches
long. AD 1400 209 29. Suit of Gothic Armour, ..."
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