vamplate

vam·plate

[vam-pleyt]
noun Armor.
a metal plate mounted on a lance in front of the grip to protect the hand.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English vaunplate < Anglo-French vaunt- fore- (see avaunt) + plate plate1

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