pesane

English

Noun

pesane (plural pesanes)

  1. Alternative form of pisane
    • 1851, James Grant, Bothwell: or, The days of Mary queen of Scots, page 15:
      But the most important feature in this display was made by John Chisholm, comptroller of Her Majesty's Ordnance, who had under his orders a band of cannoniers, armed with swords and daggers, and clad in salades and pesanes of steel ...
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