re rebrace

noun Armor.

a piece of plate armor for the upper arm; an upper cannon. Compare vambrace ( def 1 ).

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English, equivalent to rere- (< Middle French rere, riere behind, backward < Latin retrō- retro-) + brace

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rerebrace
noun
cannon that provides plate armor for the upper arm

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Re rebrace is always a great word to know.

So is quincunx. Does it mean:

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

a fool or simpleton; ninny.

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