English Dictionary

burr

IPA（発音記号）

/bɝ/

名詞

歴史的

(historical) A metal ring at the top of the hand-rest on a spear. / 1724, John Guillim, A Display of Heraldry: / burr or ring of iron behind the hand / 1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopaedia:

日本語の意味

槍の持手部分の上部に取り付けられる金属製の輪（歴史的な用例）。

The soldier adjusted the burr on his spear before the parade.

その兵士は行進の前に、槍の柄当ての上端にある金属製の輪を調整した。

意味（1）

(historical) A metal ring at the top of the hand-rest on a spear.

意味（2）

1724, John Guillim, A Display of Heraldry:

意味（3）

burr or ring of iron behind the hand

意味（4）

1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopaedia:

意味（5）

The front of it was defended by an iron-plate, called a vam-plat, that is, an avant-plate, and behind it was a broad iron ring, called a burr.

意味（6）

2003, Thomas Howard Crofts, Fifteenth-century Malory, page 290:

意味（7）

We are made to witness a cathartic shuffling-off of mortalities and of hatreds: Mordred's pulling himself up to the 'burr' of Arthur's spear is Malory's own detail and one of the most memorable in the book.

意味（8）

2012, Howard Pyle, The Story of the Grail and the Passing of Arthur:

意味（9）

And when his body was against the burr of the spear, he took his sword in both his hands and he swung the sword above his head, and he smote King Arthur with the edge of the sword upon the helmet.

意味（10）

2015, James B. Tschen-Emmons, Artifacts from Medieval Europe, page 280:

意味（11）

Many saddles, especially those for use on warhorses, had high burr plates and cantles. this was especially important when knights began using stirrups and the couched lance.

burrs （ plural ）