manifer means A large gauntlet worn over the bridle hand during jousting tournaments.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, manifer ranks #12,999 of 42,749 for Qualifying.
manifer is pronounced /ˈmæn.ɪˌfɝ/.
Etymology
Manifer (mainfer, mainfere) ("gauntlet") and manefaire (mainfaire) ("horse's neck armor") are often taken to have originally been one word, attested in Middle English as mayndefer, maynfer, and maynefere in lists of armor used by men and their horses. Harold Dillon, 17th Viscount Dillon and Charles John ffoulkes take the meaning of "gauntlet" to be the original, from French main de fer (literally “hand of iron”); see manefaire (“horse's neck armor”) for more on that meaning.
noun
- A large gauntlet worn over the bridle hand during jousting tournaments.
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