shin guards
- plural of shin guard.
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As very severe blows are exchanged, masks, gloves, padded vests and shin-guards, similar to those used in football, are worn.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
You see, Anson, looking at Connie without his mask or shin-guards, was figuring that he would have to get into all that harness again, before the game went on.
From Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball by Duffield, J. W.
Greer returned the missile with interest, and the fight grew warm, and boots and footballs and shin-guards filled the air.
From The Half-Back by Barbour, Ralph Henry
Then, too, because Mack usually put on his mask and shin-guards before the ball was pitched, Anson had no right to assume that he would always do so.
From Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball by Duffield, J. W.
Nose-guards, head-gears, stockings, shin-guards, jerseys, and other gridiron equipment were everywhere.
From Football Days Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball by Edwards, William Hanford
