vambrace

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vam⋅brace

[vam-breys]

–noun Armor.

1.	a piece of plate armor for the forearm; a lower cannon. Compare rerebrace.

2.	plate armor for the arm, usually including upper and lower cannons and a couter.

Origin:
1300–50; ME va(u)mbras < AF (a)vantbras, equiv. to avant- fore- (see avaunt ) + bras arm (see brace )

Related forms:

vambraced, adjective

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vam·brace (vām'brās')

n. Armor used to protect the forearm.

[Middle English vambras, from Anglo-Norman vauntbras : vaunt (variant of Old French avaunt, before; see vanguard) + bras, arm; see bracer².]

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