mail-glove

Updated: January 13, 2026

Bernard Gilpin, the apostle of the north, the first who undertook to preach the Protestant doctrines to the Border dalesmen, was surprised, on entering one of their churches, to see a gauntlet or mail-glove hanging above the altar.

Sir Walter Scott - The Tapestried Chamber, and Death of the Laird's Jock

Bernard Gilpin, the apostle of the north, the first who undertook to preach the Protestant doctrines to the Border dalesmen, was surprised, on entering one of their churches, to see a gauntlet, or mail-glove, hanging above the altar.

Sir Walter Scott - Waverley Novels — Volume 12