vambrace
a piece of plate armor for the forearm; a lower cannon.: Compare rerebrace.
plate armor for the arm, usually including upper and lower cannons and a couter.
Origin of vambrace
1Other words from vambrace
- vambraced, adjective
Words Nearby vambrace
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How to use vambrace in a sentence
The vambrace is worn under the sleeve of the hauberk, and not, as in the preceding example, over the mail.
Armour & Weapons | Charles John FfoulkesThe vambrace is generally rigid, either a solid tube or hinged on the outside and fastened on the inside by straps or hooks.
Armour & Weapons | Charles John FfoulkesThe fore-arm is covered with the plates of a vambrace which appears from under the hawberk sleeve.
British Dictionary definitions for vambrace
/ (ˈvæmbreɪs) /
a piece of armour used to protect the arm
Origin of vambrace
1Derived forms of vambrace
- vambraced, adjective
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