BRACER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bracer mean? 

• BRACER (noun)
  The noun BRACER has 2 senses:

1. a protective covering for the wrist or arm that is used in archery and fencing and other sports

2. a tonic or restorative (especially a drink of liquor)

  Familiarity information: BRACER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRACER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A protective covering for the wrist or arm that is used in archery and fencing and other sports

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

armguard; bracer

Hypernyms ("bracer" is a kind of...):

protection; protective cover; protective covering (a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A tonic or restorative (especially a drink of liquor)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bracer; pick-me-up

Hypernyms ("bracer" is a kind of...):

restorative; tonic (a medicine that strengthens and invigorates)

Derivation:

brace (cause to be alert and energetic)

 Context examples 

There, with that jingle in his head, a bracer on his left hand, a shooting glove on his right, and a farthing's-worth of wax in his girdle, what more doth a bowman need?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)