Almain
Almain (al"mān) , noun
[Old French Aleman, French Allemand, from Latin Alemanni, ancient German tribes.]
1.
A German.
German. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare
2.
The German language. — J. Foxe
3.
A kind of dance. See Allemande.
Collocations (1)
Almain rivets or Almayne rivets or Alman rivets , a sort of light armor from Germany, characterized by overlapping plates, arranged to slide on rivets, and thus afford great flexibility.
Also: Alman, Almayne