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.
» "What else did you do for him?" "I pulled off his boots and greaves."
Meaning
4 senses(historical)A piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin, and occasionally the tops of the feet.
Schienbeinschutz, Schienbeinschützer, Schienbeinschoner
поножиponoži
наголі́нникиnaholínnyky
(obsolete)A bush; a tree; a grove.
(obsolete)A bough; a branch.
(obsolete)A ditch or trench.
- armor plate that protects legs below the knee
Examples
3 sentences"What else did you do for him?" "I pulled off his boots and greaves."
Greaves protect the shins.
ruПоножи защищают голени.
And they all had helmets of bronze, crimson tunics, and greaves, and carried their shields uncovered.
Translations
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Origin
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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