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couter
UK /ˈku.tə/ US /ˈku.tɚ/
noun 2
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3ADJ.
damaged, right
VERB + COUTER
called
COUTER + NOUN
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noun
1
A piece of armor which covers the elbow.
Helmets should be started in 10 or 12 gauge, couters and knees in 14 gauge.
Full rerebraces enclosed the entire upper arm, with a hinge to allow them to be opened and straps and buckles to fasten them shut. Below the rerebrace was the elbow piece called a couter. The couter was small and conical, often shaped to a point, with a wing on the outer side as on the poleine, and with buckled straps to secure the arm harness snugly to the arm.
noun
1
A sovereign (the coin).
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Helmets should be started in 10 or 12 gauge, couters and knees in 14 gauge.
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Full rerebraces enclosed the entire upper arm, with a hinge to allow them to be opened and straps and buckles to fasten them shut. Below the rerebrace was the elbow piece called a couter. The couter w
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For example, it is unlikely that the right couter could be damaged or that it could be hit at all if the jouster had a large protective vamplate in place on his lance, though by the same token the fol
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