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

The puck appeared to catch Matty Beniers away from the protection of his shin guard in the final seconds of Sunday’s game against the Philadelphia Flyers.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2023

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

Teixeira removed his shin guard and threw it in the air in disgust as both dugouts and bullpens emptied.

From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2016

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 William Hanford Edwards