LexiTopic: History and Olden Times

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Taxonomy for Spelling Bee words related to HISTORY AND OLDEN TIMES
SUBJECT HEADINGS IN THIS LEXITOPIC: Government, Property, TaxationHeraldry and VexillologyObjects of the PastPeople of the Past not military, not aristocracyPeriods of the PastPlaces and Structures of the PastRoyalty and Aristocracy including householdWeapons and Warfare of the Past including people and their armor
NOTES ABOUT THE TAXONOMY FOR HISTORY AND OLDEN TIMES SCOPE NOTE: This LexiTopic compiles and defines Bee words related to people, places, and entities of the past. Words for all currencies, including ancient or obsolete currencies, are in ECONOMICS AND FINANCE. Words related to time (in general) are in TIME.
Topical arrangement of Spelling Bee words related to HISTORY AND OLDEN TIMES
Government, Property, Taxation
BENEFICE: a feudal estate in lands: fiefBENEVOLENCE: a compulsory contribution or tax levied by certain English kings with no other authority than the claim of prerogativeBLACKMAIL: M-W’s 1st def.: a tribute anciently exacted on the Scottish border by plundering chiefs in exchange for immunity from pillage [this is not designated as archaic or obsolete or “chiefly Scottish”]BOROUGH: a medieval fortified group of houses forming a town with special duties and privilegesBOULE: a legislative council of ancient Greece consisting first of an aristocratic advisory body and later of a representative senateCIVILIAN: a specialist in Roman lawCOUNTY: one of the territorial divisions of England and Wales and formerly also of Scotland and Northern Ireland constituting the chief units for administrative, judicial, and political purposesDICTATOR: a person granted absolute emergency power, especially, history: one appointed by the senate of ancient RomeDOGE: the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and GenoaDOOM: a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon EnglandFEUDAL: of, relating to, or suggestive of feudalismFIEF: a feudal estateGAVEL: rent or tribute in medieval EnglandGELD: the crown tax paid under Anglo-Saxon and Norman kingsHOMAGE: an act done or payment made in meeting the obligations due from a vassal to a feudal lordINDENT: a certificate issued by the U.S. at the close of the American Revolution for the principal or interest on the public debtLIEGE: having the right to feudal allegiance or service (his liege lord); also, obligated to render feudal allegiance and serviceLORD: a feudal tenant whose right or title comes directly from the king; also, one of whom a fee or estate is held in feudal tenureMANOR: a unit of English rural territorial organization, especially: such a unit in the Middle Ages consisting of an estate under a lord enjoying a variety of rights over land and tenants including the right to hold courtMANORIAL: a unit of English rural territorial organization, especially: such a unit in the Middle Ages consisting of an estate under a lord enjoying a variety of rights over land and tenants including the right to hold courtMOOT: a deliberative assembly primarily for the administration of justice, especially: one held by the freemen of an Anglo-Saxon communityNABOB: a provincial governor of the Mogul empire in India REEVE: a local administrative agent of an Anglo-Saxon king; also, a medieval English manor officer responsible chiefly for overseeing the discharge of feudal obligationsRIDING: one of the three administrative jurisdictions into which Yorkshire, England, was formerly divided; also, an administrative jurisdiction or electoral district in a British dominion (such as Canada)THEMA*: an administrative division of the Byzantine EmpireTITHING: a small administrative division preserved in parts of England apparently originally made up of ten men with their familiesTONNAGE: a duty formerly levied on every tun of wine imported into EnglandTRIBUTARY: a ruler or state that pays tribute to a conqueror; also, (adj) paying tribute to another to acknowledge submission, to obtain protection, or to purchase peace: subject; paid or owed as tribute (tributary gifts) [tribute = a payment by one ruler or nation to another in acknowledgment of submission or as the price of protection; also : the tax levied for such a payment; an excessive tax, rental, or tariff imposed by a government, sovereign, lord, or landlord; an exorbitant charge levied by a person or group having the power of coercion]
Heraldry and Vexillology
ARMORIAL: of, relating to, or bearing heraldic armsBATON: a narrow heraldic bendBEND: a diagonal band that runs from the dexter chief to the sinister base on a heraldic shieldCANTON: the top inner quarter of a flag, or the dexter chief region of a heraldic fieldCARRY: the position assumed by a color-bearer with the flag or guidon held in position for marchingCHARGING: to place a heraldic bearing on (charged his shield with three roses); also, to assume as a heraldic bearingCHIEF: the upper part of a heraldic fieldCOLOR: an identifying badge, pennant, or flag —usually used in plural (a ship sailing under Swedish colors); also, colors plural: a naval or nautical salute to a flag being hoisted or loweredCOLOUR*: chiefly British spelling of color; an identifying badge, pennant, or flag —usually used in plural (a ship sailing under Swedish colors); also, colors plural: a naval or nautical salute to a flag being hoisted or loweredDEVICE: heraldry: an emblematic design used especially as a heraldic bearingDIPPED: to lower and then raise again (dip a flag in salute)DIPPING: to lower and then raise again (dip a flag in salute)DORMANT: represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepawsEMBLEM: a symbolic object used as a heraldic deviceFIELD: the ground of each division in a flag, or the whole surface of an escutcheonFLAG: a usually rectangular piece of fabric of distinctive design that is used as a symbol (as of a nation), as a signaling device, or as a decoration; also, something represented by a flag; also, something used like a flag to signal or attract attention; also, to signal with or as if with a flagFLAGGING: a usually rectangular piece of fabric of distinctive design that is used as a symbol (as of a nation), as a signaling device, or as a decoration; also, something represented by a flag; also, something used like a flag to signal or attract attention; also, to signal with or as if with a flagFLAGPOLE: a pole on which to raise a flagFLANK: the area along either side of a heraldic shieldHONOR: the center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheonIMPALE: to join (coats of arms) on a heraldic shield divided vertically by a paleJACK: a small national flag flown by a shipLABEL: a heraldic charge that consists of a narrow horizontal band with usually three pendantsLILY: a fleur-de-lis: a conventionalized iris in artistic design and heraldryMOTTO: sayings or sentiments that appear on a scroll above the crest in Scottish heraldry and, in English heraldry, beneath both the shield and any decorations, orders and medals hanging from it.NAVALLY*: with a naval crown (an eagle … and on the sinister a stork proper, each navally gorged—Burke's Peerage)ORDINARY: a common heraldic charge (such as the bend) of simple formPALE: a perpendicular stripe on a heraldic shieldPENNANT: a flag or banner longer in the fly than in the hoist, especially: one that tapers to a pointPILE: a wedge-shaped heraldic charge usually placed vertically with the broad end upPOINT: one of usually 11 divisions of a heraldic shield that determines the position of a chargePOTENT: of a heraldic cross: having flat bars across the ends of the armsTRICOLOR: a flag of three colors arranged in equal horizontal or vertical bands (the French tricolor); also, of, relating to, or characteristic of a tricolor or a nation whose flag is a tricolor, especially: FrenchUNION: a device emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties borne on a national flag typically in the upper inner corner or constituting the whole design of the flag; also, the upper inner corner of a flag VOLANT: having the wings extended as if in flight —used of a heraldic bird
Objects of the Past
AMPHORA: an ancient Greek jar or vase with a large oval body, narrow cylindrical neck, and two handles …ARTIFACT: a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object; especially: an object remaining from a particular period; also something characteristic of or resulting from a particular human institution, period, trend, or individual; also, something or someone arising from or associated with an earlier time especially when regarded as no longer appropriate, relevant, or importantBOOK: a set of written sheets of skin or paper or tablets of wood or ivoryBOOKS: a set of written sheets of skin or paper or tablets of wood or ivory BOOT: an instrument of torture used to crush the leg and footCANOPIC: M-W has canopic jar, a jar in which the ancient Egyptians preserved the viscera of a deceased person usually for burial with the mummyCHARIOT: a two-wheeled horse-drawn battle car of ancient times used also in processions and racesEOLITH*: a very crudely chipped flintFLAKE: a flake tool: a Stone-Age tool that is a flake of stone struck off from a larger pieceFLINT: an implement of flint used in prehistoric culturesHYACINTH: a plant of the ancients held to be a lily, iris, larkspur, or gladiolus; also, a precious stone of the ancients sometimes held to be the sapphireLINK: a torch formerly used to light a person's way through the streetsNEOLITH: a Neolithic stone implementPANOPLY: ceremonial attire (The nobles were in panoply for the coronation.QUINTAIN*: an object to be tilted at, especially: a post with a revolving crosspiece that has a target at one end and a sandbag at the other endRACK: an instrument of torture on which a body is stretched; also, to torture on the rackTABARD: a herald's official cape or coat emblazoned with his lord's armsTOGA: the loose outer garment worn in public by citizens of ancient RomeTRIPTYCH: an ancient Roman writing tablet with three waxed leaves hinged togetherTROPHY: a memorial of an ancient Greek or Roman victory raised on the field of battle or on the nearest land for a naval victory; also, a representation of such a memorial (as on a medal)TUNIC: a simple slip-on garment made with or without sleeves and usually knee-length or longer, belted at the waist, and worn as an under or outer garment by men and women of ancient Greece and Rome; also, a surcoat, an outer coat or cloak, specifically: a tunic worn over armorWHEEL: a chiefly medieval instrument of torture designed for mutilating a victim (as by stretching or disjointing)WRACK: noun, a rack, an instrument of torture on which a body is stretched
People of the Past not military, not aristocracy
ACCOLADE: a ceremony or salute conferring knighthoodALLEGIANCE: the obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lordANCIENT: a person who lived in ancient times; ancients plural: the civilized people of antiquity; especially: those of the classical nationsARCHAIC: having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized usesARTIFACT: something or someone arising from or associated with an earlier time especially when regarded as no longer appropriate, relevant, or importantAUGUR: an official diviner of ancient RomeBOOR: a peasant; a member of a European class of persons tilling the soil as small landowners or as laborers; also: a member of a similar class elsewhereCLOWN: M-W’s 1st def.: 1: farmer, countrymanCOMPANY: a chartered commercial organization or medieval trade guildDICTATOR: a person granted absolute emergency power, especially, history: one appointed by the senate of ancient RomeEUNUCH: a castrated man placed in charge of a harem or employed as a chamberlain in a palaceFOLK: the great proportion of the members of a people that determines the group character and that tends to preserve its characteristic form of civilization and its customs, arts and crafts, legends, traditions, and superstitions from generation to generationFOOL: a retainer formerly kept in great households to provide casual entertainment and commonly dressed in motley with cap, bells, and baubleGROOM: archaic: a manservant, or one of several officers of the English royal householdGUILD: a medieval association of merchants or craftsmenHANDLE: a royal handle: an appellation of dignity, honor, distinction, or preeminence attached to a person or family by virtue of rank, office, precedent, privilege, attainment, or landsHOMAGE: a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord; also, the relationship between a feudal lord and his vassalKHAN: a medieval sovereign of China and ruler over the Turkish, Tatar, and Mongol tribesLADY: a woman receiving the homage or devotion of a knight or loverLANCE: a lancer, a member of a military unit formerly composed of light cavalry armed with lancesLIEGE: a vassal bound to feudal service and allegiance; also, a feudal superior to whom allegiance and service are dueLORD: a feudal tenant whose right or title comes directly from the king; also, one of whom a fee or estate is held in feudal tenureLOWLY: having or being a low rank in some hierarchyMANDARIN: a public official in the Chinese Empire of any of nine superior gradesMAROON: or Maroon: a Black person of the Americas who escaped slavery and formed or joined a free and often secluded settlement or a descendant of such a personMEDIEVAL: a person of the Middle AgesMOGUL: an Indian Muslim of or descended from one of several conquering groups of Mongol, Turkish, and Persian originMOTLEY: a jester, foolNINJA: a person trained in ancient Japanese martial arts and employed especially for espionage and assassinationsPAGAN: history: a follower of a polytheistic religion (as in ancient Rome or Greece); also, (adj.): of, relating to, or having the characteristics of pagansPAGE: a youth being trained for the medieval rank of knight and in the personal service of a knight; also, a youth attendant on a person of rank especially in the medieval periodPATRICIAN: a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome; also, of or relating to a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient RomePLEB: (noun) short for plebeian, a member of the Roman plebs; of or relating to plebeiansPLEBEIAN: a member of the Roman plebs; of or relating to plebeiansPONTIFF: a pontifex, a member of the council of priests in ancient Rome REEVE: a local administrative agent of an Anglo-Saxon king; also, a medieval English manor officer responsible chiefly for overseeing the discharge of feudal obligationsTHANE: a free retainer of an Anglo-Saxon lord, especially: one resembling a feudal baron by holding lands of and performing military service for the kingTHRALL: an enslaved person who performs the duties of a servant: a bond servant,one bound to service without wages; a slave; also, a serf, a member of a servile feudal class bound to the land and subject to the will of its ownerTHUG: a member of a group of murderous robbers in India's past whose activities were suppressed in the early 19th centuryTROUBADOUR: one of a class of lyric poets often of knightly rank who flourished from the 11th to the 13th century in France and Italy and whose major theme was courtly loveTYCOON: a shogun, one of a line of military governors ruling Japan until the revolution of 1867–68VILLAIN: a villein, a free common villager or village peasant of any of the feudal classes lower in rank than the thane; also, a free peasant of a feudal class higher in rank than a cotter; also, an unfree peasant enslaved to a feudal lord but free in legal relations with respect to all othersWATCH: a watchman or body of watchmen formerly assigned to patrol the streets of a town at night, announce the hours, and act as police
Periods of the Past
ANCIENT: of or relating to a remote period, to a time early in history, or to those living in such a period or timeARCHAIC: of, relating to, or characteristic of an earlier or more primitive time: antiquated; also, surviving from an earlier periodMEDIEVAL: of, relating to, or characteristic of the Middle Ages; also, having a quality (such as cruelty) associated with the Middle AgesMOMENT: a stage in historical or logical development (a moment in the history of the nation)OLDEN: of or relating to a bygone era
Places and Structures of the Past
AGORA: an ancient marketplaceARCADIA: a region or scene of simple pleasure and quiet; named for Arcadia, region of ancient Greece frequently chosen as background for pastoral poetryARCADIAN: Related to arcadia, a region or scene of simple pleasure and quiet; named for Arcadia, region of ancient Greece frequently chosen as background for pastoral poetryATRIA: plural of atrium, the central room of a Roman houseATRIUM: the central room of a Roman house BITUMEN: an asphalt of Asia Minor used in ancient times as a cement and mortarBURG: an ancient or medieval fortress or walled townCHATEAU: M-W has château; plural châteaux [or châteaus]: a feudal castle or fortress in FranceCHATEAUX: M-W has château; plural châteaux [or châteaus]: a feudal castle or fortress in FranceDUNGEON: a donjon, a massive inner tower in a medieval castleGHETTO: a quarter of a city in which Jews were formerly required to liveHALL: the castle or house of a medieval king or noble, or the chief living room in such a structure, or the manor house of a landed proprietorHENGE: a circular Bronze Age structure (as of wood) with a surrounding bank and ditch found in EnglandKEEP: [a place] that keeps or protects: such as a fortress, castle, specifically: the strongest and securest part of a medieval castleLANDMARK: a structure (such as a building) of unusual historical and usually aesthetic interest, especially: one that is officially designated and set aside for preservationMOAT: a deep and wide trench around the rampart of a fortified place (such as a castle) that is usually filled with waterODEA*: plural of odeum, a small roofed theater of ancient Greece and Rome used chiefly for competitions in music and poetryODEON: not in M-W; Collins says in British English, another name for odeumODEUM: a small roofed theater of ancient Greece and Rome used chiefly for competitions in music and poetryPEEL: a medieval small massive fortified tower along the Scottish-English border; called also peel towerPODIA: plural of podium, a low wall serving as a foundation or terrace wall: such as one around the arena of an ancient amphitheater serving as a base for the tiers of seats; also, the masonry under the stylobate (a continuous flat coping or pavement supporting a row of architectural columns) of a templePYLON: an ancient Egyptian gateway building in a truncated pyramidal formPYRAMID: an ancient massive structure found especially in Egypt having typically a square ground plan, outside walls in the form of four triangles that meet in a point at the top, and inner sepulchral chambersTELL: hill, mound, specifically: an ancient mound in the Middle East composed of remains of successive settlementsTOWN: an English village having a periodic fair or marketTROPHY: a memorial of an ancient Greek or Roman victory raised on the field of battle or on the nearest land for a naval victory; also, a representation of such a memorial (as on a medal)WARD: the inner court of a castle or fortress
Royalty and Aristocracy including household
ABDICATE: to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or functionABDICATED: to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or functionARCHDUCHY: the territory of an archduke or archduchessBARON: one of a class of tenants holding his rights and title by military or other honorable service directly from a feudal superior (such as a king); a lord of the realm: noble, peer; a member of the lowest grade of the peerage in Great Britain; a nobleman on the continent of Europe of varying rank; a member of the lowest order of nobility in JapanBLOOD: human stock or lineage, especially: royal lineage; honorable or high birth or descent; descent from parents of recognized breed or pedigreeCOUNT: a European nobleman whose rank corresponds to that of a British earlCOUNTY: the domain of a countCOURT: the residence or establishment of a sovereign or similar dignitary (the king's court); also, a sovereign's formal assembly of councillors and officers (The king held a general court.); also, the sovereign and officers and advisers who are the governing power (The court has decided against the alliance.); also, the family and retinue of a sovereign; also, a reception held by a sovereignCZAR: an emperor, specifically: the ruler of Russia until the 1917 revolutionCZARINA: the wife of a czar, the ruler of Russia until the 1917 revolutionDAME: a female member of an order of knighthood —used as a title prefixed to the given nameDIADEM: a crown, a royal or imperial headdress or cap of sovereignty, specifically, a a royal headband; also, something that adorns like a crownDUBBED: conferred knighthood onDUBBING: conferred knighthood onDUCAL: of or relating to a duke or dukedomDUCHY: the territory of a duke or duchess: a dukedom; special domainDUKE: a sovereign male ruler of a continental European duchy; also, a nobleman of the highest hereditary rank, especially: a member of the highest grade of the British peerageENNOBLE: to make noble: elevate; to raise to the rank of nobilityENNOBLED: to make noble: elevate; to raise to the rank of nobilityENNOBLEMENT: to make noble: elevate; to raise to the rank of nobilityEXTINCT: having no qualified claimant, as in an extinct titleGENTEEL: of or relating to the gentry or upper classGENTEELLY*: of or relating to the gentry or upper classGENTLE: to raise from the commonalty: ennobleGENTLED: to raise from the commonalty: ennobleGENTLEMAN: a man of noble or gentle birth, or a man belonging to the landed gentryGENTLEMEN: a man of noble or gentle birth, or a man belonging to the landed gentryGLOBE: an orb, a sphere surmounted by a cross symbolizing kingly power and justiceKHAN: a medieval sovereign of China and ruler over the Turkish, Tatar, and Mongol tribesKING: a male monarch of a major territorial unit, especially: one whose position is hereditary and who rules for lifeLADY: a woman having proprietary rights or authority especially as a feudal superior; also, a woman who is a member of an order of knighthood; also, any of various titled women in Great Britain —used as the customary title of (1) a marchioness, countess, viscountess, or baroness or (2) the wife of a knight, baronet, member of the peerage, or one having the courtesy title of lord and used as a courtesy title for the daughter of a duke, marquess, or earlLIEGE: a loyal subjectLORD: a ruler by hereditary right or preeminence to whom service and obedience are due; also, a British nobleman: such as a baron, or a hereditary peer of the rank of marquess, earl, or viscount, or the son of a duke or a marquess or the eldest son of an earl, or a bishop of the Church of England; also, a title used informally in place of the full title; also used by courtesy, etc.LORDLY: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a lord: dignified, grand, noble; exhibiting the pride and assurance associated with one of the highest birth or rankMAHARANI: the wife of a maharaja; also, a Hindu princess ranking above a raniMONARCH: a person who reigns over a kingdom or empire: such as a sovereign rulerNOBILITY: the quality or state of being noble in character, quality, or rank; also, the body of persons forming the noble class in a country or state: the aristocracyNOBLE: a person of noble rank or birth; also of high birth or exalted rank: aristocraticNOBLEMEN: plural of nobleman, a man of noble rank: a peerNOBLEWOMEN: plural of noblewoman, a woman of noble rank: a peeressNONROYAL: not of or relating to kingly ancestry: not royal (nonroyal lineage)PATRICIAN: a person of high birth: aristocrat; also, of, relating to, having, or characterized by high birth, rank, or station: aristocraticPEOPLE: the mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (disputes between the people and the nobles)PHARAOH: a ruler of ancient EgyptPOTENTATE: a ruler, sovereign; broadly: one who wields great power or swayQUEEN: a female monarch; a female chieftain; the wife or widow of a king; also, the wife or widow of a tribal chiefRAJA: an Indian or Malay prince or chief; also, the bearer of a title of nobility among the HindusRANI: a Hindu queen: a raja's wifeROYAL: a person of royal blood; also, having the ancestry of a monarch: belonging to royalty (the royal family); of, relating to, or subject to the crown (the royal estates); being in the crown's service (the Royal Air Force); established or chartered by the crownROYALLY: by persons of royal rank or lineageROYALTY: persons of royal lineage; also, a person of royal rank; also, royal status or power: sovereignty; also, a right or perquisite of a sovereign (such as a percentage paid to the crown of gold or silver taken from mines); also, a right of jurisdiction granted to an individual or corporation by a sovereignTHANE: a Scottish feudal lordTITLE: a person holding a title especially of nobility; also, to designate or call by a title: to term, to styleTITLED: having a title especially of nobility; also, a person holding a title especially of nobility; also, to designate or call by a title: to term, to styleTITLING: a person holding a title especially of nobility; also, to designate or call by a title: to term, to styleTITULAR: bearing a title: titledYEOMEN: an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household; also, a yeoman of the guard, a member of a military corps attached to the British royal household that serves as ceremonial attendants of the sovereign
Weapons and Warfare of the Past including people and their armor
ARMOR: defensive covering for the body especially: covering (as of metal) used in combatARROW: a missile shot from a bow and usually having a slender shaft, a pointed head, and feathers at the buttATILT: with lance in handBARD: a piece of armor or ornament for a horse's neck, breast, or flank, or to furnish (a horse's neck, breast, or flank) with a piece of armor or ornament: to furnish with bardsBATTLE: a combat between two persons; specifically, [in] history: the combat by which disputes were legally decidedBATTLEAX: M-W hyphenates battle-ax or battle-axe: a broadax formerly used as a weapon of warBATTLEAXE: M-W hyphenates battle-ax or battle-axe: a broadax formerly used as a weapon of warBILL: a weapon in use up to the 18th century that consists of a long staff ending in a hook-shaped bladeBOLT: a shaft or missile designed to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, especially: a short stout usually blunt-headed arrowBOWMEN: an archer: a person who uses a bow and arrowCHALLENGE: a summons that is often threatening, provocative, stimulating, or inciting, specifically: a summons to a duel to answer an affront; also, to call out to duel or combat (challenged his rival to a duel)CHIVALRIC: relating to chivalry, mounted men-at-arms, or the system, spirit, or customs of medieval knighthoodCOHORT: one of 10 divisions of an ancient Roman legionCOIF: a protective usually metal skullcap formerly worn under a hood of mailCOUCH: to place or hold level and pointed forward ready for use (couched his lance)COUCHED: to place or hold level and pointed forward ready for use (couched his lance)COUCHING: to place or hold level and pointed forward ready for use (couched his lance)DECIMATE: to select by lot and kill every tenth man of (decimate a regiment)DECIMATED: to select by lot and kill every tenth man of (decimate a regiment)EAGLE: the eagle-bearing standard of the ancient RomansGAGE: a token of defiance, specifically: a glove or cap cast on the ground to be taken up by an opponent as a pledge of combatGALLEON: a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the SpanishGALLEY: a ship or boat propelled solely or chiefly by oars: such as a long low ship used for war and trading especially in the Mediterranean Sea from the Middle Ages to the 19th century; also: galleass, a large fast galley used especially as a warship by Mediterranean countries in the 16th and 17th centuries and having both sails and oars but usually propelled chiefly by rowing; or a warship of classical antiquity; or a large open boat (such as a gig) formerly used in EnglandGAUNTLET: a glove worn with medieval armor to protect the hand; also, an open challenge (as to combat) —used in phrases like throw down the gauntletGLOVE: a gauntlet, a glove worn with medieval armor to protect the hand; also, a gauntlet, an open challenge (as to combat) —used in phrases like throw down the gauntlet; also, to cover with or as if with a glove, or to furnish with gloves; GLOVING: a gauntlet, a glove worn with medieval armor to protect the hand; also, a gauntlet, an open challenge (as to combat) —used in phrases like throw down the gauntlet; also, to cover with or as if with a glove, or to furnish with gloves; GRAY: a soldier in the Confederate army during the American Civil War; also, and often capitalized: the Confederate armyHEADPIECE: a protective or defensive covering for the headHELM: a helmet, a covering or enclosing headpiece of ancient or medieval armor; also, to cover or furnish with a helmetHELMED: a helmet, a covering or enclosing headpiece of ancient or medieval armor; also, to cover or furnish with a helmetHELMET: a covering or enclosing headpiece of ancient or medieval armorHELMETED: wearing a helmet; also, having a helmet or a helmet-shaped form or structureLAME: lames plural: small overlapping steel plates joined to slide on one another (as in medieval armor)LANCE: a lancer, a member of a military unit formerly composed of light cavalry armed with lances; also, a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry; also, to pierce with or as if with a lanceLANCED: a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry; also, to pierce with or as if with a lanceLANCING: a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry; also, to pierce with or as if with a lanceLEGION: the principal unit of the Roman army comprising 3000 to 6000 foot soldiers with cavalryLONGBOW: a hand-drawn wooden bow held vertically and used especially by medieval English archersMACE: a heavy often spiked staff or club used especially in the Middle Ages for breaking armorMAIL: armor made of metal links or sometimes platesMATCH: a chemically prepared wick or cord formerly used in firing firearms or powder MINUTEMEN: plural of minuteman, a member of a group of men pledged to take up arms at a minute's notice during and immediately before the American Revolution NOTE: M-W does not include the plural “minutemen” in its entry for “minuteman;” Collins does include the plural.OVATION: a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was grantedPANOPLY: a full suit of armor (Knights in panoply were ready for battle.)PIKE: a heavy spear with a very long shaft used by infantry especially in Europe from the Middle Ages to the 18th century; also, to pierce, kill, or wound with a pikePILE: [Latin pilum]: an ancient Roman foot soldier's heavy javelinPLATE: one of the broad metal pieces used in armor; also: armor of such plates; also, to provide with armor plateTABARD: a tunic worn by a knight over his armor and emblazoned with his armsTILT: a contest on horseback in which two combatants charging with lances or similar weapons try to unhorse each other: joust; also, a tournament of tilts; also, any of various contests resembling or suggesting tilting with lances; also, to point or thrust in or as if in a tilt (tilt a lance); to charge against (tilt an adversary); also, to engage in a combat with lances: to joustTILTED: a contest on horseback in which two combatants charging with lances or similar weapons try to unhorse each other: joust; also, a tournament of tilts; also, any of various contests resembling or suggesting tilting with lances; also, to point or thrust in or as if in a tilt (tilt a lance); to charge against (tilt an adversary); also, to engage in a combat with lances: to joustTILTING: a contest on horseback in which two combatants charging with lances or similar weapons try to unhorse each other: joust; also, a tournament of tilts; also, any of various contests resembling or suggesting tilting with lances; also, to point or thrust in or as if in a tilt (tilt a lance); to charge against (tilt an adversary); also, to engage in a combat with lances: to joust
Spelling Bee words related to HISTORY AND OLDEN TIMES
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