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Definition of Bracers
1. bracer [n] - See also: bracer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bracers
Literary usage of Bracers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain by John Evans (1897)
"bracers, AND ARTICLES OF BONE. ANOTHER object in stone, not unfrequently found
in graves, and of which the use is now comparatively ..."
2. Nostrums and Quackery: Articles on the Nostrum Evil and Quackery Reprinted by American Medical Association (1912)
"As a matter of fact, the amount of medicinal agents—aside from alcohol- contained
in these "bracers," is so small as to be negligible. ..."
3. Ethnological Results of the Point Barrow Expedition by John Murdoch (1892)
"bracers.—In shooting the bow, the wrist of the bow hand was pro- 1 Parry's 2d
Voyage, PI. opposite p. 550, Fig. 24. "Vega, vol. 2, p. ..."
4. Transactions by Glasgow Archaeological Society, British Pomological Society (1905)
"Some of these are certainly direct heritages from the neolithic past, such as
flint daggers, buttons with the V-shaped perforation, stone bracers, ..."
5. Ilios: The City and Country of the Trojans: the Results of Researches and by Heinrich Schliemann (1880)
"The guards or bracers found in England are of stone, and have three perforations
at each end. Nos. 1258-1200 are ribs of animals sharpened to a point, ..."
6. Traces of the Elder Faiths of Ireland: A Folklore Sketch; a Handbook of by William Gregory Wood Martin (1902)
"The most likely theory, that which at present holds the field, is, that they were
used as " bracers," or " guards," to protect the left arm of the archer ..."
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