VAMBRACE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vambrace mean? 

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

1. cannon of plate armor protecting the forearm

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VAMBRACE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cannon of plate armor protecting the forearm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

lower cannon; vambrace

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

cannon ((Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm)

Holonyms ("vambrace" 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 

Sir Thomas Percy met with little better success, for his shield was split, his vambrace torn and he himself wounded slightly in the side.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)