greviere

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French grevière, grèvière (compare grévière), a rare extended form of grève.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˌɡɹɛvˈjɛəɹ/

Noun[edit]

greviere (plural grevieres)

  1. (uncommon) A greave (leg armor).
    • 1902, Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, Transactions - Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, Bristol, page 150:
      He is represented in full armour of the period in the brassarts and grevieres hinged, and cuffs upturned and lace edged.
    • 1889, John Anthony Sparvel-Bayly, New Studies in Old Subjects, page 20:
      The armour worn by a knight in the fifteenth century consisted of: 1. The cuirass, covering the breast and back. […] 9. The grevieres, guards between the knee and foot. 10. The soulières, coverings for the feet.

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