fewter

English

Alternative forms

feuter

Etymology

From Old French feutre, from Medieval Latin filtrum, of Germanic origin. Doublet of filter.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfjuːtə/

Noun

fewter (plural fewters)

A support or holder for a spear, attached to a saddle or breastplate.
- 1994, Jeanette Winterson, Art & Lies:
  From heaven the spear-light vertical in its fewter.

Verb

fewter (third-person singular simple present fewters, present participle fewtering, simple past and past participle fewtered)

(transitive) To rest (a spear) in its fewter.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.4:
  His speare he feutred, and at him it bore, / But with no better fortune than the rest afore.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.