... battlefield 'action' that his chainmail has begun to rust. It is a device used by Chaucer to convey the character of his pilgrims using their appearance. Thus when the Wife of Bath is described as being "gat-toothed", the reader can assume that she is lusty as it was believed in the Middle ages that this particular physical attribute denoted that characteristic ... ...

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