vamplate

CIDE DICTIONARY

vamplaten. [F. avant before, fore + E. plate.].
     A round plate of iron on the shaft of a tilting spear, to protect the hand.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

vamplate, n. hist. an iron plate on a lance protecting the hand when the lance was couched.

Etymology
ME f. AF vauntplate (as VAMBRACE, PLATE)

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