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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">poleyns</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>body armor for lower extremities</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>cops, knee</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>knee cops</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>knee-cops</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>poleyn</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>poleynes</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Plate armor for the knees, appearing first in the 14th century, consisting of a main cup-shaped piece fitting over the kneecap, often with additional articulated lames above and below it and a side wing on the outer side. ]]></note></mads>