vambrace
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English vambrace, vauntbras, from Anglo-Norman vambras, avantbras.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vambrace (plural vambraces)
- (historical) The piece of armor designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist.
- (historical) The pieces of armor protecting the arm from the shoulder to the wrist.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons[1], page 22:
- 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, […]
- 2003, John Marco, The Devil's Armour, 2010, Electronic Edition, unnumbered page:
- Thorin reached out for the vambrace and gauntlet that made up the armour's right arm.
Usage notes edit
The narrower definition (protection for the lower arm) is preferred by academic authors, but may be less common in general use.
Hyponyms edit
- (protection from elbow to wrist): couter, cowter, lower cannon of vambrace
- (protection from shoulder to wrist): couter, cowter, lower cannon of vambrace, rerebrace, upper cannon of vambrace
Derived terms edit
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Translations edit
piece of armor from elbow to wrist
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piece of armor from shoulder to wrist
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See also edit
Further reading edit
- vambrace on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Armour on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Plate armour on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Components of medieval armour on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
- vauntbras, vantbrace, vaunbras, vanbras, vaumbras, vauntbrace, vawmbrace, vauntbrase, vambrase, vambras, vaumbrace
Etymology edit
From Anglo-Norman vambras, avantbras; equivalent to avant + brace.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vambrace (plural vambraces)
- Lower arm armour; vambrace.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “vaum-brāce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-11.