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greave

[ greev ]

noun

, Armor.
  1. a piece of plate armor for the leg between the knee and the ankle, usually composed of front and back pieces.


greave

/ ɡriːv /

noun

  1. often plural a piece of armour worn to protect the shin from the ankle to the knee
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • greaved, adjective
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Other Words From

  • greaved adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of greave1

1300–50; Middle English greves (plural) < Old French < ?
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Word History and Origins

Origin of greave1

C14: from Old French greve, perhaps from graver to part the hair, of Germanic origin
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Example Sentences

He, Hawberk, had negotiated for and secured the greave, and now the suit was complete.

Did you continue the search so persistently without any certainty of the greave being still in existence?

And when he came he cast his spear, striking the leg below the knee, but the greave turned off the spear, so strong was it.

One of them must have gnawed on my ankle some, between the greave and the heel-plate, but he couldn't quite get through.

The legionaries began putting on their armour, fastened the greave protecting the right leg, and took up bucklers and lances.

He must surely be a bit of a bigot, who would hastily pronounce that even Greave's Spiritual Quixotte is an irreligious work.

Griff—a valley-name in east Yorkshire, probably connected with 'greave,' which is common in Derbyshire.

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