braconniere

== English == === Alternative forms === braconnière === Etymology === From French braconnière, from Middle French braconniere, bragonniere, from Old Italian braconi, from braca. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌbɹækənˈjɛɚ/ === Noun === braconniere (plural braconnieres) A skirt or apron of mail or lamellar armor, worn with plate armor, to defend the stomach, groin, and upper thighs. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === S.R. Meyrick (1842), A Critical Inquiry Into Antient Armour, as it Existed in Europe, Particularly in Great Britain, from the Norman Conquest to the Reign of King Charles II: Ill. by a Series of Illuminated Engravings : with a Glossary of Military Terms of the Middle Ages, page 145: “BRACONNIERE. A petticoat of overlapping lames of steel, worn in the time of Henry VIII.”