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

The exasperation over a lost water bottle, the frustration of mismatched shin guards, the stress of ticking off a mental check-list when rushing out the door—I loved how ordinary these problems felt.

From The Wall Street Journal

To ensure the test was novel and challenging, they had 4-to-5-year-olds dress up in hockey gear -- two shin guards and a chest guard.

From Science Daily

Roan jumped around in a hot pink and electric blue lucha libre wrestler’s outfit made of latex, with iridescent leather accessories including a belt, mask, shin guards and wrist and upper arm cuffs.

From Los Angeles Times

He’s armed with a padded glove, mask, helmet, chest protector, throat protector and shin guards.

From Los Angeles Times

They played violin and attended the prestigious Purcell School as a kid, turning up on the first day in a football uniform complete with shin guards.

From Los Angeles Times