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vambrace
vam·brace
/
ˈvæm
breɪs
/
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[
vam
-breys
]
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noun
Armor.
1.
a piece of plate armor for the forearm; a lower cannon. Compare
rerebrace
. See diag. under
armor
.
2.
plate armor for the arm, usually including upper and lower cannons and a couter.
Origin:
1300–50;
Middle English
va
(
u
)
mbras
<
Anglo-French
(
a
)
vantbras,
equivalent to
avant-
fore- (see
avaunt
) +
bras
arm (see
brace
)
Related forms
vam·braced,
adjective
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vambrace
(ˈvæmbreɪs)
—
n
a piece of armour used to protect the arm
[C14: from Anglo-French
vauntbras,
from
vaunt-
(from Old French
avant-
fore-) +
bras
arm]
'vambraced
—
adj
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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