n. A steel shoe made of overlapping plates, forming a part of a medieval suit of armor. [French, from Old French, diminutive of soller, shoe, from Late Latin subtēlāris (calceus), (shoegear) for the sole of the foot, from subtēl, the hollow of the foot : Latin sub-, sub- + Latin tālus, ankle; see TALUS1.] |
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