Archæol. Also soleret, solerette. [a. OF. soll-, soleret, dim. of soll-, soler, souler (mod.F. soulier) shoe.] A shoe composed of steel plates or scales, forming part of a knight’s armor in the 14th and 15th centuries.
1826. Mrs. Bray, De Foix, I. iii. 72. Upon his feet are seen the long-toed solerette, or pointed shoe (peculiar to the fourteenth century).
1834. Planché, Brit. Costume, 138. With sollerets of over-lapping plates for the feet.
1884. Athenæum, 16 Aug., 217/2. A fine effigy of a knight, circa 1340, with sollerets constructed of overlapping scales.
