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vambrace Now only Archæol.|ˈvæmbreɪs|
Forms: α. 4 vaumbras, 4–6 vambras (-brase, 5 uambras, 6 Sc. wambraiss), 7 vambrasse (8 -brass). β. 4– vambrace (5 wam-, 7 van-).
[var. of vaunt- vantbrace, through elision of t and change of nb to mb by assimilation.]
Defensive armour for the (fore-) arm.
αc1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 10030 Vaumbras & rerbras, wyþ coters of stel. 1385–6Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 133, ij palets, j brestplat, vambras. 1392Test. Ebor. (Surtees) I. 171 Unum bonum par cerotecarum de plate, cum vambrase et rerebrase. 1461Will of Benney (Somerset Ho.), j salett garnisshed cum argento, legharnes, vambras, & rerebras. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. IV, 12 One sorte had the vambrases, the pace gardes, the grand⁓gardes..parted with golde and azure. 1581Styward Mart. Discipl. ii. 165 To haue good..poldrones and vambrases for their shoulders & armes. 1627Drayton Agincourt 8 [Whether] The Vambrasse, or the Pouldron, they should prize.
β1411E.E. Wills (1882) 19 A pare of vambrace and rerebrace. c1450J. Metham Wks. (E.E.T.S.) 37 Thys knyghtys vambracys in coloure Alle depeyntyd with red were. 1513MS. Papers 5 Hen. VIII, No. 4101 (P.R.O.), His vambraces, polvorines, ij Salettes [etc.]. 1581Styward Mart. Discipl. i. 44 A fayre Corslet, with all the peeces appertaining to the same, that is the curats, y⊇ collers, the poldrens with the Vambraces. 1624Capt. Smith Virginia iii. ii. 47 On his arme..an Otters skinne, or some such matter for his vambrace. 1687A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. iii. 44 They have likewise the Coat of Mail, the Cuirats, the Head-piece, and a Vambrace fastened to the Sword. 1734tr. Rollin's Rom. Hist. (1827) II. 379 The vambraces or greaves which covered the arms, thighs, and legs of the horsemen. 1829Scott Anne of G. xxxii, Among gauntlets, boots, vambraces, and such like gear. 1850Boutell in Gentl. Mag. CXX. ii. 44 The arms are cased in brassarts and vambraces of plate.
transf.1766Phil. Trans. LVI. 274, I supported the arm with a vambrace, or half-canal, made of one very thin piece of wood. |