ailette

/ey-let/US // eɪˈlɛt //

艾莱特

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Armor.
- : either of two standing pieces of metal or cuir-bouilli, attached to the shoulders as an ornament or as a means of displaying the wearer's arms: used c1275–c1350.

Since then they had clung desperately to this ridge, which dominates the valley of the Aisne and the Ailette Valley.
The use of the ailette has somewhat perplexed antiquarian writers.
The Clehongre figure is especially curious as shewing the ailette fastened by its "laqueus," which appears on the outside.
It is clear, from the Cross on the shield having the same position as the other, that the ailette is not a square one worn awry.
South of the Ailette River the French fought their way forward foot by foot.