shin guard

American

noun

Sports.

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.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

shin guards

plural

Etymology

Origin of shin guard

First recorded in 1900–05

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shin guard

He doffed his batting helmet to the crowd and tapped Molina’s shin guard with his bat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2021

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

From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2018

I felt the impact, sure, but the shin guard guarded my shin, as advertised.

From Slate ● Jun. 28, 2018

Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts bruised his left foot in a collision with Baltimore catcher Chance Sisco’s left shin guard when he scored Saturday, and came out a few innings later.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 14, 2018

I did not know just what had gone wrong but tried to help it out by putting a shin guard under my jersey over the ribs during the intermission.

From Football Days Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball by Edwards, William Hanford

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