A kind of light armor, first used in Germany, in which great flexibility was obtained by overlapping plates sliding on rivets.
1530. Palsgr., 516. He hath dygged hym in nat withstandyng his almayne ryvettes, nonobstant ses cuirasses.
1565. in Richmondsh. Wills (1853), 179. j almon revet … j shafe of arrowes, and other hustlements xxvjs. viijd.
1591. Garrard, Art of Warre, 10. The forepart of a Corslet and a Headpeece, as is the Almaine Rivet.
1742. Bailey, Almain Rivets, a certain light kind of Armour with Plates of Iron for the Defence of the Arms; used by Germans.
1834. Planché, Brit. Costume, 253. Black bill-men or halberdiers, who wore the armour called almain rivet.
