Home › Words › L › lamboyslamboyslamboys · noun — bases (skirts made of armour).Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyUnclear. Perhaps from French lambeaux (“shreds, tatters; the fringe on a military cloak”), or perhaps a misreading of jamboys, jambeaus (“leg armor”).nounBases (skirts made of armour)e.g.“On the wall back of these cases is the skirt (lamboys) of a suit of armor said to have belonged to Henry VIII of England. Near by on the right are swords of the […]” — 1922, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), Guide to the Collections, page 30:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).