vamplate
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of vamplate
1300–50; Middle English vaunplate < Anglo-French vaunt- fore- ( avaunt ) + plate plate 1
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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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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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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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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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