noun.
In armor, a plate of metal.
noun.
Earthenware.
noun.
A broken piece of earthenware; a potsherd.
Earthen: used of pottery: as, a lame pig (an earthen vessel).
To make lame; cripple or disable; render imperfect or unsound: as, to lame an antagonist; to lame an arm or a leg.
Crippled or disabled by injury to or defect of a limb or limbs; specifically, walking with difficulty; halting; limping: as, a lame man or horse.
Inefficient from injury or defect; unsound or impaired in strength; crippled: as, a lame leg or arm.
Figuratively, imperfect; lacking finish or completeness; defective in quality or quantity; halting; insufficient; hobbling: as, lame verse; lame rimes; a lame excuse.