greave
A piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin, and occasionally the…A piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin, and occasionally the tops of the feet.
» Greaves protect the shins.
Поножи защищают голени.
Значение
значений: 4(историческое)A piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin, and occasionally the tops of the feet.
Schienbeinschutz, Schienbeinschützer, Schienbeinschoner
поножиponoži
наголі́нникиnaholínnyky
(устаревшее)A bush; a tree; a grove.
(устаревшее)A bough; a branch.
(устаревшее)A ditch or trench.
- armor plate that protects legs below the knee
Примеры
предложений: 3Greaves protect the shins.
Поножи защищают голени.
"What else did you do for him?" "I pulled off his boots and greaves."
And they all had helmets of bronze, crimson tunics, and greaves, and carried their shields uncovered.
Переводы
языков: 7По значениям 1
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Происхождение
From Middle English greve, from Old English grǣfe, grǣfa (“bush, bramble, grove, thicket,From Middle English greve, from Old English grǣfe, grǣfa (“bush, bramble, grove, thicket, copse, brush-wood (for burning), fuel”).
From Middle English greve, greyve, from Old English grǣfa, grēfa (“pit, cave, hole, grave, trench”), from Proto-Germanic *grēbō, an ablaut variant of to *grōbō (“pit, ditch”) (whence doublet of groove) , from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”). Cognate with North Frisian groop (“pit, sewer, gutter”), Dutch groef (“pit, hole, gutter”), German Grube (“pit, hole”), Icelandic gröf (“pit, grave”). Also related to grave.
From Middle English greve, grayve, from Old French greve (“shin”), of uncertain origin; possibly from Egyptian Arabic جورب (“stocking, leg cover”). Watkins suggests a connection with greve (“part in the hair”), due to the resemblance of the medial ridge to a part in the hair, from graver (“to part (the hair); engrave”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *graban (“to engrave”); if so, related to Etymology 2 above.
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