schynbald

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/ʃɪn.bɔld/

noun

A piece of plate armor (from the 1200s to the 1400s) for the lower leg (shin): a metal plate, often strapped over mail or padding, now especially one which did not completely enclose the lower leg like a greave might.

OriginMiddle English schynbalde →
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Meanings

nounschynbald (plural schynbalds)

plural schynbalds

  1. historicalA piece of plate armor (from the 1200s to the 1400s) for the lower leg (shin): a metal plate, often strapped over mail or padding, now especially one which did not completely enclose the lower leg like a greave might.

    […] early leg defence, such as poleyns and schynbalds, can be seen on the incised tomb-slab of Pakoslaw of Mstyczów, which was made around 1319 (see page 21).

    2012, David Nicolle, Witold Sarnecki, Medieval Polish Armies 966–1500, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 34

Origin

  1. Middle Englishschynbalde
  2. Englishschynbald

From Middle English schynbalde, schynbawde, from shin. The second element may be Old French baldrel, baudrel.

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APA

schynbald. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schynbald

MLA

“schynbald.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schynbald. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “schynbald,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schynbald.

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