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Brewer's: Knight's Fee
A portion of land held by custom, sufficient to maintain a knight to do service as such for the king. William the Conqueror created 60,000 such fees when he came to England. All who had 20…Brewer's: Knights of the Garter
(See Garter.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Knights of the Green ClothKnights of the Cleaver A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U…Brewer's: Knights of the Handcuffs
Constables, policemen, etc., who carry handcuffs for refractory or suspicious prisoners taken up by them. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Knights of the…Brewer's: Knights of the Hare
An order of twelve knights created by Edward III. in France, upon the following occasion:- A great shouting was raised by the French army, and Edward thought the shout was the onset of…Brewer's: Knights of Industry
Sharpers. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Knights of LabourKnights of Carpetry A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z…Brewer's: Knights of Labour
Members of a trades union organised in 1834, in the United States of America, to regulate the amount of wages to be demanded by workmen, the degree of skill to be exacted from them, and…Brewer's: Knights of Malta
or Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem. Some time after the first crusade (1042), some Neapolitan merchants built at Jerusalem a hospital for sick pilgrims and a church which they…Brewer's: Knights of the Pencil
The betters in races; so called because they always keep a pencil in hand to mark down their bets. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Knights of the…Brewer's: Knights of the Pestle
or Knights of the Pestle and Mortar. Apothecaries or druggists, whose chief instrument is the pestle and mortar, used in compounding medicines. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E…Brewer's: Knights of the Rainbow
Flunkeys; so called from their gorgeous liveries. “The servants who attended them contradicted the inferences to be drawn from the garb of their masters; and, according to the custom of…Trending
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