strong-plaited

Updated: May 26, 2025

As when thick snowflakes flutter down from Zeus, chill beneath the blast of Boreas born in the upper air, so thick from the ships streamed forth bright glittering helms and bossy shields, strong-plaited cuirasses and ashen spears.

Homer - The Iliad

This done, the end of a long and strong-plaited cord is passed, through the ring which corresponds to the lower part of the breast, and fastened; the free end of the cord is brought along the left flank, and through the ring which is below and in front of the withers.

Robert Jennings - Cattle and Their Diseases: Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding,: And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which: They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their: Cure