Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The armor of the upper arm from the shoulder to the elbow-joint, especially when it is of steel or leather worn over the sleeve of the hauberk, or replacing it by inclosing the arm in a complete cylinder. Also
arrièrebras .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anc. Armor) Armor for the upper part of the arm.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun historical
armour for the upper part of thearm
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun cannon that provides plate armor for the upper arm
Etymologies
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Examples
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I then went to work on his arms, affixing the pauldron, the rerebrace and couter.
Sir Apropos of Nothing PETER DAVID 2001
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I then went to work on his arms, affixing the pauldron, the rerebrace and couter.
Sir Apropos of Nothing PETER DAVID 2001
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I then went to work on his arms, affixing the pauldron, the rerebrace and couter.
Sir Apropos of Nothing PETER DAVID 2001
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The Frenchman, whirling up his sword, showed for an instant a chink betwixt his shoulder piece and the rerebrace which guarded his upper arm.
The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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The Frenchman, whirling up his sword, showed for an instant a chink betwixt his shoulder piece and the rerebrace which guarded his upper arm.
The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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The Frenchman, whirling up his sword, showed for an instant a chink betwixt his shoulder piece and the rerebrace which guarded his upper arm.
The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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The Frenchman, whirling up his sword, showed for an instant a chink betwixt his shoulder piece and the rerebrace which guarded his upper arm.
The White Company 1890
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a chink betwixt his shoulder piece and the rerebrace which guarded his upper arm.
The White Company Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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