Banteer (n.) - (Archaic) A lusty and raucous old ballad sung after a particularly spectacular araglin (q.v.) has been pulled off.
Araglin (n.) - (Archaic) The medieval practical joke played by young squires on a knight aspirant the afternoon he is due to start his vigil. As the knight arrives at the castle the squires suddenly attempt to raise the drawbridge as the knight and his charger step on it.
Bealings (pl.n.) - (Archaic) The unsavoury parts of a moat which a knight has to pour out of his armour after being the victim of an araglin (q.v.). In medieval Flanders, soup made from bealings was a very slightly sought-after delicacy.
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