vamplate

[ vam-pleyt ]

noun

, Armor.

1. a metal plate mounted on a lance in front of the grip to protect the hand.

Word History and Origins

Origin of vamplate¹

1300–50; Middle English vaunplate < Anglo-French vaunt- fore- ( avaunt ) + plate plate ¹

Example Sentences

Vamplate, vam′plāt, n. the iron plate through which the lance passed, serving as a protection to the hand when the lance was couched.

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In a small case are unfinished portions of a helmet and gorget, and a gilt and engraved vamplate belonging to a suit of Henry Prince of Wales.

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Master of the Armouries to Queen Elizabeth and James I. In the lower case are finely engraved and parcel gilt chamfrons for horses' heads, a gilt vamplate for the tilting lance belonging to Lord Chancellor Hatton, an officer's gorget of the time of Queen Anne, and various pieces of rich armour.

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Figure 9 shows a tilting lance with vamplate used in tournaments in the sixteenth century.

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The vamplate can be made of cardboard covered with tinfoil to represent steel and studded with brass nails.

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