pisan

noun

1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of pisane.

   “[Those] worth ten pounds a year in land, or more, shall have basnet, sallat (or helm without a crest,) white-hat, gorget or pisan, armour for the legs, sword, spear, and dagger: those of smaller incomes to arm accordingly.”

   “[…] halbrik or brigantine, gorget or pisan with splents, knee.pans of mail and gauntlets of plate or mail; that unlanded gentlemen and yeoman have jacks of plate, halbriks, splents, sallat or steel bonnet with pisan or gorget […]”

   “Garret was the true “Ard Ri” of a large part of Ireland, and the chiefs to whom he presented the horses, coats of mail, gorgets and pisans recorded in the Rental looked on these as the customary stipends due from an over-king.”

2. A native or inhabitant of the city of Pisa or surrounding province, Tuscany, Italy.

adj

1. (not-comparable)Of, from or relating to the city of Pisa or surrounding province, Tuscany, Italy.