Etymology

vambrace

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Today it means: The piece of armor designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist. Full definition →

Middle English vambrace ← Anglo-Norman vambras
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The story

  1. Anglo-Norman · derived fromvambras
  2. Middle English · inherited fromvambrace
  3. English todayvambrace

From Middle English vambrace, vauntbras, from Anglo-Norman vambras, avantbras.

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