haute-piece

English

Noun

haute-piece (plural haute-pieces)

1. Alternative form of haute piece
   • 1939, Somersetshire Archaeological, Natural History Society, Proceedings:

     The pauldrons have the haute-piece, the upright ridge for the protection of the neck, which later became a separate plate. The left pauldron is more massive than the other, and is made in one piece, whereas that on the right shoulder, […]

   • 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:

     Left pauldron with a haute-piece on a field armor, Nuremberg, c. 1525. Waffensammlung, Vienna.

   • 2010, Noel Fallows, Jousting in Medieval and Renaissance Iberia, Boydell Press, →ISBN, page 467:

     In the seventh course Gonzalo de León struck Sancho de Rabanal on the haute-piece of the left pauldron, without breaking the spear or either one of them suffering a reversal of fortune. In the eighth course Gonzalo de León struck Sancho ...