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Definition of Arm guard
1. Noun. A pad worn by football players and hockey goalkeepers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arm Guard
Literary usage of Arm guard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of Persian Objects in the South Kensington Museum by South Kensington Museum (1876)
"arm guard. Watered steel, chased and damascened with inscriptions. ... arm guard.
One of a pair. Embroidered velvet, quilted, with brass hinges. ..."
2. Catalogue of the Roman Pottery in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum by Henry Beauchamp Walters (1908)
"... on the r., lower part of gladiator as on last, facing the first, with arm-guard
on r. arm, greaves, and sica ; between them, a mask to the front. ..."
3. Helmets and Body Armor in Modern Warfare by Bashford Dean (1920)
"The weight of each arm-guard is two and one fourth pounds; ... The present
arm-guard, we may mention, could be worn by men of different length of arm; ..."
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