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Definition of Greave
1. Noun. Armor plate that protects legs below the knee.
Generic synonyms: Armor Plate, Armor Plating, Armour Plate, Plate Armor, Plate Armour
Group relationships: Body Armor, Body Armour, Cataphract, Coat Of Mail, Suit Of Armor, Suit Of Armour
Definition of Greave
1. n. A grove.
2. n. Armor for the leg below the knee; -- usually in the plural.
3. v. t. To clean (a ship's bottom); to grave.
Definition of Greave
1. Noun. (obsolete) A bush; a tree; a grove. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) A bough; a branch. ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete) A ditch or trench. ¹
4. Noun. A piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Greave
1. a piece of armor for the leg [n -S] : GREAVED [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Greave
Literary usage of Greave
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect by William Barnes (1863)
"THE CHILD'S greave. ... buds her eyes could vind, To trim the little greave, an'
show To other souls her love an' loss, ..."
2. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"His sharp-tipp'd spear, and struck beneath the knee The greave, nor err'd ; the
fresh-forged metal rang Loudly around ; but back the spear recoil'd, ..."
3. The five great monarchies of the ancient Eastern world; or, The history by George Rawlinson (1871)
"greave of a spearman (Khorsabad). was sometimes attached, in order the better to
preserve the balance. Besides this weapon they have the ordinary short ..."
4. The Cheshire Sheaf edited by Francis Sanders, William Ferguson Irvine, J. Brownbill (1896)
"appropriateness of the interpretation of Greasby as the ' fort of the greave of
the district ' becomes obvious. It would appear that the owner of Storeton, ..."
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