almain rivet

Etymology
, attested 1530 (as almayne ryvettes). Perhaps named for the overlapping plates' sliding on rivets, although it has also been suggested that rivet meant a suit of armor, related to 🇨🇬.

Pronunciation

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Noun

 * 1) A kind of light, flexible plate armour first used in Germany around 1450, designed to be manufactured easily, especially en masse.
 * 2) * 1904, Somerset Record Society, Publications, page 178, quoting an earlier tithe:
 * Two tithing corslets furnished, ij pair of almain rivets furnished.
 * John Glasse, one almain rivet.
 * John Chapman, one almain rivet.
 * John Hurforde, with others[,] one almain rivet.
 * Heugh Hancoke, a pair of almain rivets.