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rerebrace

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rere⋅brace

[reer-breys]
–noun Armor.
a piece of plate armor for the upper arm; an upper cannon. Compare vambrace (def. 1).


Origin:
1300–50; ME, equiv. to rere- (< MF rere, riere behind, backward < L retrō- retro- ) + brace
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