| 单词 |
vallar |
| 释义 |
vallar, a. Roman Antiq.|ˈvælə(r)|
[ad. L. vallār-is, f. vall-um or vall-us rampart. Cf. It. vallare, Sp. valar, F. vallaire.]
Of a crown or garland: Bestowed as a distinction on the first soldier to mount the enemy's rampart. (Cf. mural a.1 1 b.)
1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. 255 Augustus used to geve golden trappour muche sooner..then garlandes, vallares, and muralles. 1600Holland Pliny II. 115 The Vallare and Murall Chaplets bestowed upon brave knights and valiant souldiers, who..mounted the wals in the assault of a citie. a1660Contemp. Hist. Irel. (Ir. Archæol. Soc.) II. 62 To whom shall be given now the ciuicke, murall, vallare, and naualls garlands, that the Romaines were wont to graunte theire respectiue conquerours? 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey) s.v., Vallar Crown. 1725[see garland n. 3 c]. c1828Berry Encycl. Her. i. Gloss.
So ˈvallary a. Also † vaˈllarial a. Obs.
1688Holme Armoury iv. iv. (Roxb.) 294/2 He beareth for his crest, a Greyhounds head sable, out of a crowne Vallariall, Or. 1777Porny Heraldry (ed. 3) 207 The Vallary or Castrense-Crown was of gold, formed like a circle with Pales or Pallisadoes on the top of it. 1863Burke Viciss. Families Ser. iii. 143 His famous attack on the..Earl of Desmond, at Kilmallock, where he won his gold spurs, and his vallary crown. |
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