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

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

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

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

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