Vambrace

//ˈvæm.bɹeɪs// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The piece of armor designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist. historical
  2. 2
    cannon of plate armor protecting the forearm wordnet
  3. 3
    The pieces of armor protecting the arm from the shoulder to the wrist. historical

    "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, […]"

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lower cannonpauldron

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"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, […]"

Etymology

From Middle English vambrace, vauntbras, from Anglo-Norman vambras, avantbras.

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