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

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

Each sought to thrust the narrow point Swiftly into some crack or joint, Or else to stun and overwhelm With blows on vambrace or on helm.

From New York Times

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

He was accoutred cap-�-pie in banded mail with aillettes, rerebraces, vambraces, and roundels, his richly embroidered surcoat being emblazoned with his arms.

From Project Gutenberg