- énarmes
- (entrée créée par le supplément)(é-nar-m') s. f. pl.Courroies fixées au bouclier, qui servaient à l'embrasser.En 1, et arme.
Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré. d'Émile Littré. 1872-1877.
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