Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A two-edged medieval dagger.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dagger or short sword, very broad and thin at the hilt and tapering to a point, used from the twelfth to the fifteenth century. Also spelled
anelas .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A broad dagger formerly worn at the girdle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
anelace .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The "anlace" of the Spanish heroines was the national weapon, the _puñal_, or _cuchillo_, which was sometimes stuck in the sash (_Handbook for Spain_, ii.
The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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And I, said he, will so do that thou mayst fear me the less; for I will unarm me when the night cometh, and thou thyself shalt keep mine hauberk and sword and anlace.
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He was so clad, that he had no helm on his head, but a little hat with a broad gold piece in the front thereof; he was girt to a long sword, and had an anlace also in his belt, and Birdalone saw the rings of
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Gyff mie strynge anlace maie bewryen whatte I bee.
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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Drawe forthe thie anlace swythyn, thanne mee flea.
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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Thryce rounde hys heade hee swung hys anlace wyde,
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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The feerie anlace [92] brede [93] shal make mie gare [94] prevayle.
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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And I, said he, will so do that thou mayst fear me the less; for I will unarm me when the night cometh, and thou thyself shalt keep mine hauberk and sword and anlace.
The Water of the Wondrous Isles William Morris 1865
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He was so clad, that he had no helm on his head, but a little hat with a broad gold piece in the front thereof; he was girt to a long sword, and had an anlace also in his belt, and Birdalone saw the rings of a fine hauberk at his collar and knees; otherwise he was not armed.
The Water of the Wondrous Isles William Morris 1865
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Ralph a purse of gold, and an anlace very fair of fashion, and brought him to the door thereafter; and Ralph cast his arms about him, and kissed him and strained him to his breast.
The Well at the World's End: a tale William Morris 1865
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