Visual Description: In days of olde . . .
VODIT = DIVOT, ESYDE = SEEDY, XYLGAA = GALAXY, LMMEEB = EMBLEM — Giving us: DISDGLAEME
Clue/Question: The 40-year-old knights in the 1300s had – – –
Answer: MIDDLE–AGES
(They should be so lucky, to live so long! Especially, in their chosen careers. Our faithful Sirs, David and Jeff, have bestowed upon us a most excellent Jumble. Whilst all the clue words were true and blue, their jumbled words are clad in a fresh newness. The answer letter layout was both valiant and gallant. It chivalrously kept the answer discreet. The cartoon . . . nay, the medieval masterpiece . . . was both noble and fair, with accomplished armoured detail. Be well, and doest thy good, loyal confidants.) — YUR
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This looks good too, “Gilded-seam” was my first guess. But it was not related to plate armour.
Might work for another puzzle, Carl! Although, I think it WOULD have to be a more obscure, less punny, kind of an answer. Can you come up with a context in which “Gilded-seam” would work?
— YUR
That is before I realized the answer was “Middle-ages”. Gilded-seam (or gold-woven), before noticing this blog that I was wrong. Good puzzle though.
As for context, not very experienced with puns; “seam” is probably a college word.