GREAVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does greave mean? 

• GREAVE (noun)
  The noun GREAVE has 1 sense:

1. armor plate that protects legs below the knee

  Familiarity information: GREAVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GREAVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Armor plate that protects legs below the knee

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

greave; jambeau

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

armor plate; armor plating; armour plate; plate armor; plate armour (specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire)

Holonyms ("greave" is a part of...):

body armor; body armour; cataphract; coat of mail; suit of armor; suit of armour (armor that protects the wearer's whole body)

 Context examples 

We have marksmen in the Company who will notch with a shaft every crevice and joint of a man-at-arm's harness, from the clasp of his bassinet to the hinge of his greave.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

By the crescent upon it, it should be the second son of old Sir Hugh, who had a bolt through his ankle at the intaking of Romorantin, he having rushed into the fray ere his squire had time to clasp his solleret to his greave.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Here also were the valiant Earl of Angus, Sir Thomas Banaster with his garter over his greave, Sir Nele Loring, second cousin to Sir Nigel, and a long column of Welsh footmen who marched under the red banner of Merlin.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)