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Brewer's: Knight Rider Street
(London). So named from the processions of knights from the Tower to Smithfield, where tournaments were held. Leigh Hunt says the name originated in a sign or some reference to the Heralds…Brewer's: Knight of the Rueful Countenance
Don Quixote. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Knight's FeeKnight of the Post 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 the Green Cloth
Same as CARPET KNIGHTS (q.v.). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Knights of the HandcuffsKnights of the Garter A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P…Brewer's: Knights of the Holy Sepulchre
An Order of military knights founded by Godfrey of Bouillon, in 1099, to guard the “Holy Sepulchre.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Knights of the Order of…Brewer's: Knights o' the Post
Persons who haunted the purlieus of the courts, ready to be hired for a bribe to swear anything; so called from their being always found waiting at the posts which the sheriffs set up…Brewer's: Knights of the Round Table
King Arthur's knights, so called from the large circular table round which they sat. The table was circular to prevent any heart-sore about precedency. The number of these knights is…Brewer's: Knights of St. Crispin
Shoemakers. Crispin Crispian was a shoe maker. (See Henry V., iv. 3.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Knights of St. PatrickKnights of Malta A B C D E F…Brewer's: Knights of St. Patrick
Instituted in 1783, in honour of the patron saint of Ireland. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Knights of the BagKnights of St. Crispin A B C D E F G…Brewer's: Cross-legged Knights
indicate that the person so represented died in the Christian faith. As crusaders were supposed so to do, they were generally represented on their tombs with crossed legs. “Sometimes the…Brewer's: Red Rose Knight
(The) Tom Thumb or Tom-a-lin. Richard Johnson, in 1597, published a “history of this ever-renowned soldier, the Red Rose Knight, surnamed the Boast of England. ...” Source: Dictionary of…Trending
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