Bevor vs Behind - What's the difference?
bevor | behind |
(historical) A portion of plate armour to protect the lower face and the neck, typically in two parts, called upper bevor and lower bevor.
* 2001 , Paul B. Newman, Daily life in the Middle Ages ,
* 2008 , Christopher Gravett, Knight: Noble Warrior of England 1200-1600 ,
* 2011 , Kerrie Logan Hollihan, Elizabeth I, the People's Queen: Her Life and Times, 21 Activities ,
At the back of.
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*:But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Timothy Garton Ash)
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After, time- or motion-wise.
*1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Treasure Island)
*:About the center, and a good way behind the rest, Silver and I followed - I tethered by my rope.
Responsible for.
In support of.
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Left a distance by, in progress or improvement; inferior to.
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*Bible, xi.5:
*:I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.
At the back part; in the rear.
* Milton
Toward the back part or rear; backward.
Overdue, in arrears.
Slow; of a watch or clock.
existing afterwards
* Shakespeare
Backward in time or order of succession; past.
* Bible, Phil. ii. 13
Behind the scenes in a theatre; backstage.
* 1890 , (Oscar Wilde), The Picture of Dorian Gray , Vintage 2007, p. 68:
(archaic) Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view; out of sight; remaining.
* John Locke
the rear, back-end
butt, the buttocks, bottom
(Australian rules football) A one-point score.
* 1880 . "The Opening Ball" in Comic Australian Verse'', ed. G. Lehmann, 1975. Quoted in G. A. Wilkes, ''A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms , second edition, 1985, (Sydney University Press), ISBN 0-424-00113-6.
The catcher.
In the Eton College field game, any of a group of players consisting of two "shorts" (who try to kick the ball over the bully) and a "long" (who defends the goal).
As nouns the difference between bevor and behind
is that bevor is a portion of plate armour to protect the lower face and the neck, typically in two parts, called upper bevor and lower bevor while behind is the rear, back-end.As a preposition behind is
at the back of.As an adverb behind is
at the back part; in the rear.bevor
English
(wikipedia bevor)Noun
(en noun)page 210,
- Since gorgets completely encircled the neck, they were usually more articulated than the bevors' to allow for some movement of the neck and head. '''Bevors''' typically were open in back but extended up above the wearer?s jaw on the sides and front. Use of a ' bevor or a gorget depended upon the type of helmet the knight wore.
page 233,
- For heavy field use a reinforcing breastplate was sometimes added, together with a wrapper over the upper bevor .
page 61,
- Many helmets had an upper part joined with hinges to a bevor , which protected the knight?s lower face and jaw.
See also
* gorget (protects the neck) ----behind
English
Preposition
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Synonyms
* in back of * to the rear ofAdverb
(en adverb)- I shall not lag behind .
- to look behind
- My employer is two paychecks behind on paying my salary.
- I'm two weeks behind in my schedule.
- ''My watch is four minutes behind .
- He left behind a legacy of death and sorrow.
- He stayed behind after the war.
- Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, / And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, / Leave not a rack behind .
- forgetting those things which are behind
- ‘After the performance was over I went behind , and spoke to her.’
- We cannot be sure that there is no evidence behind .
Usage notes
For usage in phrasal verbs, see Category: English phrasal verbs with particle "behind": .Noun
(en noun)- A roar from ten thousand throats go up,
For we've kicked another behind.