guard of vambrace

plural guards of vambrace

1. historicalAn additional piece of armor over the couter which further protects the arm.

   […] the guard of vambrace covers the cowter; the vambrace protects the forearm; and the gauntlet surrounds the fingers to the forearms

   2008, Andrea Caroline Lawson, Reading Farewell Gifts in Early Modern Drama and Poetry

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   "I have always heard," Anika answered, holding her arm out so Novak could fit the guard of vambrace over her elbow, "that the chief danger in battle is being trampled or smothered if unhorsed." She laughed.

   2009, Angela Elwell Hunt, The Silver Sword, WaterBrook, →ISBN, page 181

   [image of a large guard of vambrace] Mid-fifteenth-century guard of vambrace. Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries' Tournament, Guard of Vambrace, Manteau D'Arms and Passguard The development of armour eventually made the shield redundant in battle for the knightly classes. By the late fifteenth century, the 'guard of vambrace' that covered the left elbow had grown, in England, as large as a small heater shield and many monumental brasses show English knights with extraordinarily large guards of vambrace; ...

   2013, Paul F Walker, History of Armour 1100-1700, Crowood, →ISBN