Talk:grate
Latest comment: 1 year ago by -sche in topic lance part mentions
Verb[edit]
What about, "This person grates against my personality?"
- I have added that meaning now, thank you for spotting it - and please feel free to fix it yourself using to edit button next time ;). Conrad.Irwin 12:01, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
transitive verb say something in harsh voice[edit]
transitive verb: to say something in a harsh rasping voice Microsoft® Encarta® 2009
--Backinstadiums (talk) 16:40, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
lance part mentions[edit]
which serve to confirm the definition
- 2010 May 1, Michael Prestwich, Knight: The Medieval Warrior's (Unofficial) Manual, Thames & Hudson, →ISBN:
- Your breastplate should be fitted with an arret, or lancestop, so that the lance can be rested on it, or even slotted into place with a piece on the lance called a grate; this ensures that all your weight, and that of your horse, […]
- 1986, Leonid Tarassuk, Claude Blair, The Complete Encyclopedia of Arms & Weapons: The Most Comprehensive Reference Work Ever Published on Arms and Armor, Random House Value Pub:
- […] graper (or grate) A wide ring or a thick strap of leather nailed around the butt of the lance behind the grip.
- 1976, William Reid, Arms Through the Ages, Harpercollins:
- Graper / grate . A ring around the shaft of a lance behind the point at which it was grasped. On impact, the ring would take up the shock against the front of the armpit or against the arrest. […]