Bruny, Byrne, or Byrnan. Saxon for a breastplate or cuirass, called by the Normans “broigne.”
Brushes. (See Hair Pencils.)
Fig. 114. Brussels Lace.
Brussels Point à l’Aiguille differs somewhat from the lace usually known as Brussels Lace or Point d’Angleterre, but resembles Point d’Alençon in the réseau ground. (Fig. [114].) (See Point d’Angleterre.)
Buccina (Gr. βυκάνη). A kind of trumpet anciently made of a conch-shell, represented in the hands of Tritons.
Buccula, R. (bucca, a cheek). The chin-piece or cheek-piece of a helmet, which could be raised or lowered by the soldier at will.
Bucentaur. A monster, half man and half ox. The name of the Venetian state galley.
Buckets, Anglo-Saxon. (See Bowls.)
