English Explanatory Dictionary

ecranche

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of shield, used in jousting, which had an indentation or notch to hold the lance.

Word forms

ecranche ecranches

Etymology

Seemingly from French, ultimately derived from cran (“notch”), although the semantics of écrancher (“uncrease, unnotch”) and its derivatives seem backward.

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