shin guard

American  

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.

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Etymology

Origin of shin guard

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Mookie Betts didn’t have time to toss his bat, unstrap his shin guard or take even a half-step toward first base.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2023

Reign forward Bethany Balcer leapt to send the ball past McLeod with her shin guard.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2022

Harry Maguire ended up with Wilmar Barrios’s shin guard.

From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2018

During Wednesday’s match between Mexico and Sweden, the player was Sweden’s Andreas Granqvist, rolling around with both hands on his shin guard after an interaction with Mexico’s Hirving Lozano.

From Slate • Jun. 28, 2018

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

From Men Called Him Master by Smith, Elwyn A. (Elwyn Allen)