Citations:mainfer


 * in the sense "gauntlet":


 * 1883, Charles Knight, Half-hours of English History: From Edward I. to the Death of Elizabeth, page 163:
 * Some had the mainfers, the close gauntlets, the guissettes, the flamards [flancards? flancois?], dropped and gutted with red, and other had them speckled with green : one sort had the cuisses, the greaves, the surlettes, the sockets on the right side
 * 1925, The Connoisseur:
 * Some of these harnesses are intended for the tilt, but they could be and doubtless were, despite their weight, used for war, after the removal of their grand guards, pass-guards, and mainfers. Cuirassier armour of this school ...
 * 1969, The Scottish Art Review, volume 12, page 6:
 * For the tournament this was further reinforced by a bevor, haute-pieces and a locking-gauntlet too. the central piece of equipment for the tilt, added to which are a special tilting visor, pasguard, mainfer and upper tassets.