greave
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9.9
- noun
- /ɡriːv/
- Archaic
:
greba
- You've got on the greaves upside down.
- wear greaves
- iron greaves
Examples
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He wore your armor, your shield, your greaves, your helmet.
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One of these, wearing thin silver greaves and a silver medallion on a chain around his neck, appeared to be a person of importance.
Fiction book (1993) -
Primarily this involved a male or scale shirt with Greaves, arms, guards and a helmet.
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Each soldier was fitted with a bronze helmet, Greaves, tall boots, and a cloth tunic.
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That unit is also made-up of a helmet, a chest plate, plate, legs, gauntlets, Greaves, a sword, and lands.
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Ergan, jumping clear, discarded his sword, casque, and greaves almost as he hit the chill gray water.
Fiction book (1992) -
They came equipped with a spear, short sword, round concave shield, Greaves, arm protection and a heavy bronze helmet.
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He would have snapped across his shins, Greaves, sort of like the shin guards that a catcher in baseball wears, also made of bronze.
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Their shields had been blackened, soot smeared on the blazes and stockings of their horses, their bronze greaves caked with dark mud.
Fiction book (1999) -
He found a pair of greaves that looked to be his size and strapped them around his shins.
Synonyms
A piece of armor that protects the lower leg below the knee
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word greave comes from an old word for the lower leg or 'shin', so it originally named a protective cover for that part of the body. That's why a greave is the piece of armor that guards the leg below the knee.