vambrace

[vam-breys]

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.

vambrace

/ ˈvæmbreɪs /

noun

1. a piece of armour used to protect the arm

Other Word Forms

• vambraced adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of vambrace¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of vambrace¹

C14: from Anglo-French vauntbras, from vaunt- (from Old French avant- fore-) + bras arm

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.

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

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

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

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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.

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