Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
poulaine .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The part of medieval
armour that protected theknee
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He knees with his poleyn, kicks out with his greave.
Archive 2007-04-01 a. fortis 2007
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He knees with his poleyn, kicks out with his greave.
The WritingYA Weblog: Poetry, Panic and Procrastination tanita davis 2007
fbharjo commented on the word poleyn
knee armour
April 11, 2010