vambrace

American  

[vam-breys] / ˈvæm breɪs /

noun

Armor.

1. a piece of plate armor for the forearm; a lower cannon.

2. plate armor for the arm, usually including upper and lower cannons and a couter.

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vambrace British  

/ ˈvæmbreɪs /

noun

1. a piece of armour used to protect the arm

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Other Word Forms

• vambraced adjective

Etymology

Origin of vambrace

1300–50; Middle English va ( u ) mbras < Anglo-French ( a ) vantbras, equivalent to avant- fore- ( avaunt ) + bras arm ( brace )

Example Sentences

And he held the bright-burnished vambrace that was upon his arm before her cold lips, and behold! a little mist was laid on it hardly to be seen.

From Literature

Diana wears a pair of them, but hers are not just any old vambraces.

From The New Yorker

His solution: DisplaySkin, a screen that wraps around the wrist like a vambrace, or armguard, adapting its display relative to the user's eyeballs.

From Reuters

His left greave did not match his right, his gorget was spotted with rust, his vambraces rich and ornate, inlaid with niello flowers.

From Literature

Their gay doublets had been exchanged for buff coats, surmounted by the gorget alone, for the vambraces, with their concomitants, had been abandoned during the commonwealth.

From Project Gutenberg