she fled into that covert greave
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Greave
//ɡɹiːv//
Synonyms for "greave" (2 found)
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12 entriesTranslations
19 translations across 14 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- دِرْع لِلسَّاقِ noun (piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin)
Armenian
1 entries- զանգապան noun (piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin)
Bulgarian
1 entries- наколе́нник noun (piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin)
French
1 entries- grève noun (piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin)
Galician
1 entries- caneleira noun (piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin)
German
4 entries- Beinschiene noun (piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin)
- Schienbeinschoner noun (piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin)
- Schienbeinschutz noun (piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin)
- Schienbeinschützer noun (piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin)
Latin
1 entries- ocrea noun (piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin)
Old Irish
1 entries- bróc noun (piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin)
Polish
2 entries- nagolenica noun (piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin)
- nagolennik noun (piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin)
Portuguese
1 entries- greva noun (piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin)
Russian
1 entries- поножи noun (piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- štitnik za potkolenice noun (piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin)
- štitnik za potkoljenice noun (piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin)
Spanish
1 entries- greba noun (piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin)
Ukrainian
1 entries- наголі́нники noun (piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
And through the stained windows bright, / From o'er the red-tiled eaves, / The sunlight blazed with colored light / On golden helms and greaves.
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Then he cast off his breast-plate, thigh pieces, and greaves, while Alleyne followed his example.
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