Al"main (#), Al"mayne (#), Al"man (#), n. [OF. Aleman, F. Allemand, fr. L. Alemanni, ancient Ger. tribes.] [Obs.]
1.
A German.
Also
adj.,
German.
Shak.
2.
The German language.
J. Foxe.
3.
A kind of dance. See Allemande.
Almain rivets, Almayne rivets, or Alman rivets, a sort of light armor from Germany, characterized by overlapping plates, arranged to slide on rivets, and thus afford great flexibility.
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