jazerantとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Middle English jessera(u)nt, gessera(u)nt(e), from Old French jazerant, from Old Occitan jazerenc, from Arabic جَزَائِرِيّ‎ (jazāʔiriyy, “Algerian, of Algiers”), derived from الجَزَائِر‎ (al-jazāʔir, “Algiers; Algeria”).

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒæzəɹənt/, enPR: jăzʹə-rənt
• ハイフネーション: jaz‧er‧ant

名詞

jazerant (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 jazerants)

1. (historical) A coat of defense of Arab origin, made of small plates of metal sewn upon linen or similar, like a brigandine.
   • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 15:

     The jazerant, is according to Du Cange, a sort of military vestment. […] But what was the specific distinction of a jazerant seems at present uncertain.

2. This kind of armor taken generally.

   a coat of jazerant