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haute-piece en · NOUN

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1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of haute piece.
   alt of haute piece
   • The pauldrons have the haute-piece, the upright ridge for the protection of the neck, which later became a separate plate. The left pauldron is more massive than the other, and is made in one piece, whereas that on the right shoulder, […] 1939, Somersetshire Archaeological, Natural History Society, Proceedings:
   • In the seventh course Gonzalo de León struck Sancho de Rabanal on the haute-piece of the left pauldron, without breaking the spear or either one of them suffering a reversal of fortune. In the eighth course Gonzalo de León struck Sancho ... 2010, Noel Fallows, Jousting in Medieval and Renaissance Iberia, Boydell Press, →ISBN, page 467:
   • Left pauldron with a haute-piece on a field armor, Nuremberg, c. 1525. Waffensammlung, Vienna. 1986, Leonid Tarassuk, Claude Blair, The Complete Encyclopedia of Arms & Weapons: The Most Comprehensive Reference Work Ever Published on Arms and Armor, Random House Value Pub:

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