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Greave   /griv/   Listen
Greave

noun
1.
Armor plate that protects legs below the knee.  Synonym: jambeau.





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"Greave" Quotes from Famous Books



... which the corselet ought to have some extra flaps (6) at the joints, which as the outstretched arm is raised unfold, and as the arm descends close tight again. The arm itself, (7) it seems to us, will better be protected by a piece like a greave stretched over it than bound up with the corselet. Again, the part exposed when the right hand is raised should be covered close to the corselet either with calfskin or with metal; or else there will be a want of protection just at the ...
— On Horsemanship • Xenophon
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Words linked to "Greave" :   coat of mail, cataphract, armor plate, armour plate, suit of armor, plate armour, suit of armour, armor plating, body armour, body armor, plate armor


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