poleine

English

Noun

poleine (plural poleines)

1. Alternative form of poleyn (“knee armor”)
   • 2008, Jeffrey L. Forgeng, Will Mclean, Daily Life in Chaucer's England, 2nd Edition, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 166:

     Below the cuisses were knee pieces called poleines, which were half round or slightly pointed in profile, usually with a spade- or kidney-shaped wing on the outside to protect the back of the joint. Articulated at the base of the poleine was a demi-greave, a small plate ...

2. Alternative form of poulaine (“long, pointed toe of a shoe”)
   • 1836, James Robinson Planché, History of British Costume, page 202:

     No one under the estate of a lord was permitted to wear the indecently-short jackets, gowns, &c. mentioned by Monstrelet, or pikes or poleines to his shoes and boots exceeding two inches in length.