greave
noun
a piece of plate armor for the leg between the knee and the ankle, usually composed of front and back pieces.
greaved
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a word derived from
greave.
Example Sentences
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Its stupidity, greaved with arrogance, filled with energy, renders it immune to debate.
From Time Magazine Archive
That line of Homer keeps coming to your lips: Small blame to Trojan or to greaved Achaean, if such happiness as this was to be the reward of their toils and sufferings.
From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 by F. G. (Francis George) Fowler
And when for beautiful he says "endowed with beautiful cheeks," and for well armed he says "well greaved."
From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch
Then, with an insolent, triumphant laugh, the Jarmuthian delegation whirled about and stalked from the room, their dark greaved legs flashing in military unison over the polished floor.
From Astounding Stories, February, 1931 by Harry Bates
This was Stumps, one of the professionals, who was not quite so much like a Minerva, though he, too, was prodigiously greaved.
From The Fixed Period by Anthony Trollope
