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harness
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noun
  1. (countable) A restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or straps.
  2. (countable) A collection of wires or cables bundled and routed according to their function.
verb (harness, es)
  1. (transitive) to place a harness on something; to tie up or restrain
They harnessed the horse to the post.
  1. (transitive) to capture, control or put to use
Imagine what might happen if it were possible to solar energy fully.
hauberk
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noun (plural: hauberks)
  1. (Armor) A coat of mail; especially, the long coat of mail of the European Middle Ages, as contrasted with the habergeon, which is shorter and sometimes sleeveless.
Quotations
  • 1786: The hauberk was a complete covering of mail from head to foot. It consisted of a hood, joined to a jacket with sleeves, breeches, stockings and shoes of double chain mail, to which were added gauntlets of the same construction. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 14.
  • 1909: The hauberk was to the Norman what the byrnie was to the Saxon, the chief method of bodily defence. — Charles Henry Ashdown, European Arms & Armor, page 65.
Helm
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noun
  1. The only named wind in the British Isles. Blows westward form the Pennine fells over Cumbria and is often accompanied by a line of clouds on top of the hills called the Helm Bar.
helmet
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noun
  1. A protective head covering.
heraldic
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adjective
  1. (heraldry): of, or relating to heraldry or heralds
heraldry
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noun (heraldr, ies, -)
  1. (uncountable) The profession or art of devising, granting and blazoning coat of arms, coats of arms, tracing genealogies and ruling on questions of protocol or rank
Rouge Dragon Pursuivant is a specialist in at the College of Arms.
  1. (countable) An armorial ensign along with its history and description
  2. (uncountable) pageantry, Pageantry
Onlookers were impressed by the rich and colorful .
hurt
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noun
  1. (archaic) a wound or pain
    • 1605, I have received a . " William Shakespeare, King Lear III.vii
verb (hurts, hurting, hurt)
  1. (intransitive) to be painful
  2. (transitive) to cause (a creature) physical pain and/or injury
  3. (transitive) to cause (somebody) emotional pain
adjective
  1. wounded, physically injured
  2. pained
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