shin guard

noun

, Sports.

1. a protective covering, usually of leather or plastic and often padded, for the shins and sometimes the knees, worn chiefly by catchers in baseball and goalkeepers in ice hockey.

Word History and Origins

Origin of shin guard¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Through the black woods rang the sound of a sword clanging against a steel shin guard.

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The secutor was barely scratched, but his blood trickled down his shin-guard and he was limping.

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