fewter

/ˈfjuːtə/

Etymology

From Middle English feuter, fewtre, from Old French feutre, from Medieval Latin filtrum, of Germanic origin. Doublet of filter.

noun

  1. A support or holder for a spear, attached to a saddle or breastplate.“From heaven the spear-light vertical in its fewter.”

verb

  1. To rest (a spear) in its fewter.“His speare he feutred, and at him it bore, / But with no better fortune than the rest afore.”