vambrace

[ vam-breys ]

/ ˈvæm breɪs /

noun Armor.

a piece of plate armor for the forearm; a lower cannon.Compare rerebrace.

plate armor for the arm, usually including upper and lower cannons and a couter.

Origin of vambrace

1300–50; Middle English va(u)mbras<Anglo-French (a)vantbras, equivalent to avant- fore- (see avaunt) + bras arm (see brace)

OTHER WORDS FROM vambrace

vambraced, adjective

Words nearby vambrace

valvular insufficiency, valvule, valvulitis, valvuloplasty, valvulotomy, vambrace, vamoose, vamose, vamp, vamphorn, vampire

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Example sentences from the Web for vambrace

The Vambrace is worn under the sleeve of the hauberk, and not, as in the preceding example, over the mail.
Armour & Weapons|Charles John Ffoulkes
The vambrace is generally rigid, either a solid tube or hinged on the outside and fastened on the inside by straps or hooks.
Armour & Weapons|Charles John Ffoulkes
The fore-arm is covered with the plates of a vambrace which appears from under the hawberk sleeve.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6|Various

British Dictionary definitions for vambrace

vambrace

/ (ˈvæmbreɪs) /

noun

a piece of armour used to protect the arm

Derived forms of vambrace

vambraced, adjective

Word Origin for vambrace

C14: from Anglo-French vauntbras, from vaunt- (from Old French avant- fore-) + bras arm

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单词	vambrace
释义	vambrace [ vam-breys ] / ˈvæm breɪs / noun Armor. a piece of plate armor for the forearm; a lower cannon.Compare rerebrace. plate armor for the arm, usually including upper and lower cannons and a couter. Origin of vambrace 1300–50; Middle English va(u)mbras<Anglo-French (a)vantbras, equivalent to avant- fore- (see avaunt) + bras arm (see brace) OTHER WORDS FROM vambrace vambraced, adjective Words nearby vambrace valvular insufficiency, valvule, valvulitis, valvuloplasty, valvulotomy, vambrace, vamoose, vamose, vamp, vamphorn, vampire Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for vambrace The Vambrace is worn under the sleeve of the hauberk, and not, as in the preceding example, over the mail. Armour & Weapons\|Charles John Ffoulkes The vambrace is generally rigid, either a solid tube or hinged on the outside and fastened on the inside by straps or hooks. Armour & Weapons\|Charles John Ffoulkes The fore-arm is covered with the plates of a vambrace which appears from under the hawberk sleeve. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6\|Various British Dictionary definitions for vambrace vambrace / (ˈvæmbreɪs) / noun a piece of armour used to protect the arm Derived forms of vambrace vambraced, adjective Word Origin for vambrace C14: from Anglo-French vauntbras, from vaunt- (from Old French avant- fore-) + bras arm Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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