Gainpain definitions

Gainpain

• (n.) Bread-gainer; -- a term applied in the Middle Ages to the sword of a hired soldier.
Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/gainpain/

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Gainpain

Gain'pain` noun [ French gagner to gain + pain bread.] Bread-gainer; -- a term applied in the Middle Ages to the sword of a hired soldier.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/3

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