{"id":6980,"date":"2013-03-21T13:52:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T13:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=6980"},"modified":"2026-01-15T19:37:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:37:28","slug":"would-there-were-words-for-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=6980","title":{"rendered":"Would there were words for……"},"content":{"rendered":"

I usually try the cryptic crossword puzzle in the daily paper. Yesterday, there was a clue that I knew was an anagram, that is, the letters in the phrase “at shop” had to be rearranged to get a language spoken in Afghanistan. I didn’t know the language so I looked it up – Pashto.<\/p>\n

While on-line, I decided to look up another clue – handy cover for ancient fighters – which I thought might be a type of medieval glove – gauntlet didn’t fit, so I looked up medieval armour for the hands and found this neat site on – guess what – medieval armour<\/a>!!!<\/p>\n

OK, perhaps you really have to find medieval armour exciting and maybe not everyone does. What I did enjoy, though, were all these words – names of the parts of a suit of armour – that I had never heard before, such as, Sabatons, Greaves, Poleyns, and Cuisses, to name just a few.<\/p>\n

Often exploring the terminology used in other fields gives a depth and scope to our own use of language. I have done a lot of work in the area of fibre art, so I occasionally use terms, such as, weft, woof, warp, and selvage, from weaving, in my creative writing. I might say something like the “selvages of our lives” or one needs “the warp of a strong conviction to weave an enduring tapestry.”<\/p>\n

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Other areas that provide a rich vocabulary are Woodworking<\/a> – with words such as, ogee, kerf, and ferrule. You could also try – Theatre<\/a>, Pottery<\/a>, Poker<\/a> etc… Please post any areas where you have found with an interesting lexicon.<\/p>\n

Now, with my newly acquired vocabulary in medieval armour, I can say something like “I put on my Sabatons to walk the battlefield of our relationship.”<\/p>\n

I wish I had the time to explore more areas of interest. Sadly, there are just not enough hours in the day – or to borrow an analogy from the dominant culture – being a small circuit in the motherboard of time, my life is limited and to date, they have not created an app for eternal life, as we know it, so I make my connections where I can, or where I must and hope that the battery is a duracell \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

The picture is a mortar and pestle. I took it partly because it was available, but also because it suggests the fine art of blending and concocting. In researching for this post I came across some interesting fields which probably made good use of the “grinder” – Alchemy, Sorcery, Witchcraft and the Science of the Apothecary. Maybe another post.<\/p>\n

P.S. The answer to the clue about the hand cover was “cestus” an ancient battle glove. Possibly parallel to, but not directly associated with, armour.<\/p>\n

Have an amazing day!!<\/p>\n

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