Fromjambeau? Or fromMiddle Englishjaumber? Comparelamboy(s).
jamber (pluraljambers)
- (often in theplural)Synonym ofjambeau(“piece of armor for the leg”).
1821,Archaeologia: Or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity, page144:[…] just below laid upon thejamber, and fastened by straps round it;[…]
1823, Charles Stothard,Memoirs, Including Original Journals, Letters, Papers and Antiquarian Tracts, of the Late Charles Alfred Stothard, page269:Two pair ofjambers (armour for the legs,) of iron, old and new; two coats of velvet to cover the plates.
1899,Archaeologia Aeliana, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity, page222:An inventory dated 1313 of the armour which belonged to Piers Gaveston, includes breast and back plates and two pairs of "jambers" of iron; but most of the monumental figures are still in chain-mail and genouillières.
1904,Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity, page66:This material was largely used, as Chaucer tells us that the knights'jambers were ofcuir bouilli; and from many[…]
1944,The Connoisseur:It shows him wearing a tabard and the Garter on hisjamber. The latter is modelled, as if so worn. The only existing armour which we can with certainty say was one of Anne de Montmorency's, is that presented to Ferdinand[…]
2017, Stephen Spinks,Edward II the Man: A Doomed Inheritance, Amberley Publishing Limited,→ISBN:Edward needed weapons and the armourers of London, including a man named Manekin, supplied three steel bacinets (headpieces), two pairs ofjambers (leg armour), and two helmets, one with visor and another without.
Abbreviation ofjamberapa.
jamber
- (slang) what time?
- Lu semalem tidurjamber? ―What time did you sleep last night?
jamber
- indefiniteplural ofjamb
