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vambrace

[ 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.


vambrace

/ ˈ±¹Ã¦³¾²ú°ù±ðɪ²õ /

noun

  1. a piece of armour used to protect the arm
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ±¹²¹³¾²ú°ù²¹³¦±ð»å, adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of vambrace1

1300–50; Middle English va ( u ) mbras < Anglo-French ( a ) vantbras, equivalent to avant- fore- ( avaunt ) + bras arm ( brace )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of vambrace1

C14: from Anglo-French vauntbras, from vaunt- (from Old French avant- fore-) + bras arm
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Example Sentences

And he held the bright-burnished vambrace that was upon his arm before her cold lips, and behold! a little mist was laid on it hardly to be seen.

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Diana wears a pair of them, but hers are not just any old vambraces.

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His solution: DisplaySkin, a screen that wraps around the wrist like a vambrace, or armguard, adapting its display relative to the user's eyeballs.

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His left greave did not match his right, his gorget was spotted with rust, his vambraces rich and ornate, inlaid with niello flowers.

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Each sought to thrust the narrow point Swiftly into some crack or joint, Or else to stun and overwhelm With blows on vambrace or on helm.

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