Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Lames"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lames \Lames\ (l[.a]mz), n. pl. [F. lame a thin plate, L.
lamina.] (Armor)
Small steel plates combined together so as to slide one upon
the other and form a piece of armor.
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