Voider

Peirs ploughman layd the cloth, and Simplicity brought in the voyder.

The cloth whereon the earl dined was taken away, and the voider, wherein the plate was usually put, was set upon the cupboard's head.

[…] amongst the stock of a Southwark armour-dealer in 1454 and worn-out haubergeons 'of westwale' at the Tower in 1455 were recycled into sleeves and voiders.

2017, Liam Young, Knights Thranis: The Chronicles of Freylar, Liam W H Young via PublishDrive She had been studying the Knight Restorant's meticulous application of his arming doublet at the time, which included mail voiders to protect any gaps in his plate armour. The obviously well-practised ritual was slow and methodical; ...

The plate defences for the legs and the under garment with chain mail voiders attached, are in place. The rest of the armour and two of his weapons are seen on the trestle table.

vambraces at the elbows are pierced with a series of holes, whereby voiders of mail could be laced into the vambraces themselves rather than on to the sleeves of the arming doublet […]

Mail gussets (later also articulated plate ones) that filled the gaps at the joints of the armour. At this date they were attached to the undergarment. There was such a gap at the back of the knees which is where these voiders would have fitted. No voiders would have been required elsewhere […]

The voider hauing cléered the table, Cardes & Dice (for the laſt Meſſe) are ſerued vp to the boord: […]