rerebrace

American  

[reer-breys] / ˈrɪərˌbreɪs /

noun

Armor.

1. a piece of plate armor for the upper arm; an upper cannon.

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Etymology

Origin of rerebrace

1300–50; Middle English, equivalent to rere- (< Middle French rere, riere behind, backward < Latin retrō- retro- ) + brace

Example Sentences

Sunlight gleamed from the polished steel of halberd, morion, breastplate, pauldron, rerebrace.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Frenchman, whirling up his sword, showed for an instant a chink betwixt his shoulder piece and the rerebrace which guarded his upper arm.

From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

In this we see the characteristic feature of the great elbow-cops, whose channelled and fluted edges overlapping vambrace and rerebrace become monstrous fan-like shapes in the brass of Richard Quartremayns, graven about 1460.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various

A rerebrace of plate defends the outer side of the upper arm, plain elbow-cops the elbow, and round bosses in the form of leopard heads guard the shoulder and the crook of the elbow.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various