greviere

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/ˌɡɹɛvˈjɛəɹ/

noun

A greave (leg armor).

OriginFrench grevière →
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Meanings

noungreviere (plural grevieres)

plural grevieres · alternative grevière

  1. uncommonA greave (leg armor).

    He is represented in full armour of the period in the brassarts and grevieres hinged, and cuffs upturned and lace edged.

    1902, Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, Transactions - Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, Bristol, page 150
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    The armour worn by a knight in the fifteenth century consisted of: 1. The cuirass, covering the breast and back. […] 9. The grevieres, guards between the knee and foot. 10. The soulières, coverings for the feet.

    1889, John Anthony Sparvel-Bayly, New Studies in Old Subjects, page 20

Origin

  1. Frenchgrevière
  2. Englishgreviere

From French grevière, grèvière (compare grévière), a rare extended form of grève.

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Chicago

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