vambrace

[ vam-breys ]
/ ˈvæm breɪs /

noun Armor.

a piece of plate armor for the forearm; a lower cannon. Compare rerebrace.
plate armor for the arm, usually including upper and lower cannons and a couter.

Origin of vambrace

1300–50; Middle English va(u)mbras < Anglo-French ( a)vantbras, equivalent to avant- fore- (see avaunt) + bras arm (see brace)

OTHER WORDS FROM vambrace

vam·braced, adjective

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Example sentences from the Web for vambrace

  • The Vambrace is worn under the sleeve of the hauberk, and not, as in the preceding example, over the mail.

    Armour &amp; Weapons |Charles John Ffoulkes

  • The vambrace is generally rigid, either a solid tube or hinged on the outside and fastened on the inside by straps or hooks.

    Armour &amp; Weapons |Charles John Ffoulkes

  • The fore-arm is covered with the plates of a vambrace which appears from under the hawberk sleeve.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for vambrace

vambrace
/ (ˈvæmbreɪs) /

noun

a piece of armour used to protect the arm

Derived forms of vambrace

vambraced, adjective

Word Origin for vambrace

C14: from Anglo-French vauntbras, from vaunt- (from Old French avant- fore-) + bras arm