ailette

[ ey-let ]

noun

, Armor.

1. either of two standing pieces of metal or cuir-bouilli, attached to the shoulders as an ornament or as a means of displaying the wearer's arms: used c1275–c1350.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ailette¹

< Middle French, diminutive of aile wing. See aisle, -ette

Example Sentences

Since then they had clung desperately to this ridge, which dominates the valley of the Aisne and the Ailette Valley.

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The use of the ailette has somewhat perplexed antiquarian writers.

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The Clehongre figure is especially curious as shewing the ailette fastened by its "laqueus," which appears on the outside.

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It is clear, from the Cross on the shield having the same position as the other, that the ailette is not a square one worn awry.

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South of the Ailette River the French fought their way forward foot by foot.

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