greave
pronunciation
How to pronounce greave in British English:
UK [gri:v]
How to pronounce greave in American English:
US [griv]
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- Noun:
- armor plate that protects legs below the knee
Word Origin
- greave (n.)
- "metal armor to protect the front of the leg below the knee," c. 1300, from Old French greve "shin, armor for the leg" (12c.), of unknown origin. [Klein suggests it ultimately is from Egyptian Arabic gaurab "stocking, apparel for the leg."]
Example
- 1. The sun quoted furious parents of children at high greave junior school .
- 2. I pull , with the part of me that sense the dead in the greave yard , and the dead that sometimes follow me .