Vambrace
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈvæm.bɹeɪs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Vambrace is a noun meaning (historical) The piece of armor designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist.
Meaning
(historical) The piece of armor designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist.
More Meanings
- (historical) The pieces of armor protecting the arm from the shoulder to the wrist.
Example Sentences
Thorin reached out for the vambrace and gauntlet that made up the armour's right arm.
To the cuirass were buckled the armour for the shoulders and arms, the first called Pouldrons, the second Brassarts, Garde bras, les avant bras, and corruptly in English, Vambraces. The vambraces included all the defence for the arms, from the pouldrons to the wrist. At the joint, or bending of the arm, the vambraces were cut obliquely, […]
Word Forms
- vambraces
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include vanbrace, vantbrace, vantbras, brace, vantbrass, bracelet.
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