mustilert (mustiler)

[OF. mustiliere, in pl. mustelieres, armor for the calf of the leg, mustel, mustele, the calf of the leg.] A piece tury, said to have been a stuffed doublet like the gambeson. mustily (mus'ti-li), adv. 1. In a musty manner; moldily; sourly. of defensive armor used in the fifteenth cen These clothes smell mustily , do they not, gallants? Fletcher ( and another ), False One, iii. 2. 21. Dully; heavily. Apollo, what's the matter, pray, You look so mustily to-day? Cotton, Burlesque upon Burlesque, p. 225. (Davies.)