A Knight on Horseback, Wearing a Woman's Sleeve as a Favor
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Illustration of a knight, riding a horse at full gallop, carrying a javelin and wearing full armor. A woman’s sleeve streams from his left shoulder. He wears the sleeve as a favor from the woman. The illustration is from Viollet-le-Duc’s “Dictionary du Mobilier francais.,
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knight, horse, medieval times, horseback, middle ages, javelin, sleeve, Contest, competition, joust, dress sleeve, favor, knight's favor, lady's favor, woman's sleeveSource
William Dwight Whitney, PhD, LLD The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1895) 5691
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