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perpungere [LL] 1 to pierce right through, to pierce completely. propius accedentes lanceis ~erent et clavis gravissimis contunderent Itin. Ric. IV 18 p. 265. 2 (p. ppl. perpunctus as sb. m. or n.) pierced cloth, quilted substance (as padding for armour), doublet, pourpoint. lorica quoque, tunica etiam linea multiplici consuta, lineis interioribus difficile penetrandis, acu operante artificialiter implicitis; unde et vulgo ~um [v. l. parpunctum] nuncupatur Itin. Ric. I 48; 1212 pro xl ~is traditis archidiacono Tanton’ Pipe 45; 1214 Baldewinus Tyrel fuit in ea armatus lorica et parpuinto et capello ferreo in capite CurR VII 171; 1220 reddat ‥ unum capellum ferreum et unum ~um et unam lanceam Ib. VIII 306; 1236 per serjantiam eundi in equitaturam cum ‥ rege cum capello ferreo et lancia et ~o Fees 589; 1247 per servicium eundi cum ‥ rege in exercitum ‥ cum capello ferreo et lancea et parpunto Ib. 1396; 1279 solebant facere servicium domino regi in guerra per xl dies super custum suum cum perpoynto et lancea et chapell’ de ferro Hund. II 749a; 1283 balistas, perpontos, capellos ferreos, et alias armaturas RGasc II 215a; 1304 armati ~is, loricis, capellis ferreis ‥ Ib. III clxxvii.

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