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noun
- 1. a soldier, especially one heavily armed and on horseback. archaic
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Oct 25, 2024 · Add to list. /ˌmæn əd ˌɑrmz/. IPA guide. Definitions of man-at-arms. noun. a heavily armed and mounted soldier in medieval times. see more.
Oct 22, 2024 · The unprecedented protection that plate armour gave the man-at-arms did not come without tactical, as well as economic, cost. A closed helm seriously interfered with vision and made voice communication in battle impossible.
Oct 22, 2024 · At the Battle of Morgarten in 1315, Swiss Eidgenossen, or “oath brothers,” learned that an unarmoured man with a 7-foot (200-cm) halberd could dispatch an armoured man-at-arms. Displaying striking adaptability, they replaced some of their halberds with the pike, an 18-foot spear with a small piercing head.
5 days ago · For two centuries, the Eternian weapons master and combat instructor to the royal family has been called the Man-At-Arms. Trained by the renowned tactician Dekker and a veteran of the Great Unrest, Duncan was asked by King Randor to step into this position and fortify his guard with an elite strike force, which he named The Masters of the Universe.
4 days ago · A firearm is a barreled ranged weapon that inflicts damage on targets by launching one or more projectiles driven by rapidly expanding high-pressure gas produced by exothermic combustion (deflagration) of a chemical propellant, historically black powder, now smokeless powder. [1][2][3]
Oct 25, 2024 · Vitruvian Man, drawing in metalpoint, pen and ink, and watercolour on paper (c. 1490) by the Renaissance artist, architect, and engineer Leonardo da Vinci. It depicts a nude male figure with the arms and legs in two superimposed positions so that the hands and feet touch the perimeters of both a.
Oct 27, 2024 · The sergeants at arms to the court generally waited in the presence chamber, carrying the maces before the King when he processed to the chapel or the House of Lords. As this implies, they assisted in providing security in the public rooms, and might be required to arrest or detain malefactors.
