shin guard

American  

noun

Sports.

• shin guards
  plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• shin guards
  plural

Etymology

Origin of shin guard

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

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shin guard

St. Louis appeared to nudge back in front with 4:09 left in the first via a Krug shot from the point that ricocheted off Swayman’s shin guard and trickled into the net.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2022

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2021

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

Wilmer Flores, trying to score from second, was tagged out to end the eighth on a head-first slide when his helmet popped off and his head jammed against Pierzynski’s shin guard.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 11, 2016

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

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