arriere-ban (English, noun)
expansion: arriere-ban (plural arriere-bans)
Senses:
glosses: A proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not only their immediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to take the field for war.
tags: historical
glosses: The body of vassals called or liable to be called to arms, as in ancient France.
tags: historical
Forms:
form: arriere-bans
tags: plural
form: arrière-ban
tags: alternative