GREAVE

greave, jambeau

(noun) armor plate that protects legs below the knee

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

greave (plural greaves)

(obsolete) A bush; a tree; a grove.

(obsolete) A bough; a branch.

Etymology 2

Noun

greave (plural greaves)

(obsolete) A ditch or trench.

Etymology 3

Noun

greave (plural greaves)

A piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin.

Etymology 4

Verb

greave (third-person singular simple present greaves, present participle greaving, simple past and past participle greaved)

(nautical, transitive) To clean (a ship's bottom); to grave.

Anagrams

• regave

Source: Wiktionary


Greave, n.

Definition: A grove. [Obs.] Spenser.

Greave, n. Etym: [OF. greees; cf. Sp. grevas.]

Definition: Armor for the leg below the knee; -- usually in the plural.

Greave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Greaved (grevd); p. pr. & vb. n. Greaving.] Etym: [From Greaves.] (Naut.)

Definition: To clean (a ship's bottom); to grave.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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