manefaireとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English mayndefer, maynfer, and maynefere, attested in lists of armor used by men and their horses. In the 17- and 1800s, Francis Grose, Samuel Rush Meyrick and other antiquarians took the term to denote a horse's neck armor, connecting it to mane; Harold Dillon, 17th Viscount Dillon and Charles John ffoulkes have argued that this is an error and that term referred to a kind of gauntlet, from French main de fer (字義どおりに “hand of iron”), now often spelled manifer.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪnfɛə/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪnfɛəɹ/

名詞

manefaire (複数形 manefaires)

1. (possibly erroneous) Protective armor for a horse's neck; a crinet or criniere.
   • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 30:

     The Criniere or Manefaire consisted of a number of small plates, generally about twelve, hooked together and to the chanfron, so as to be moveable, their use was to guard the neck of the horse from the stroke of a cutting sword.

別の表記

• mainfaire