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Definition of Giambeux
1. n. pl. Greaves; armor for the legs.
Definition of Giambeux
1. Noun. (obsolete form of jambeux) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Giambeux
1. leggings [n] - See also: leggings
Lexicographical Neighbors of Giambeux
Literary usage of Giambeux
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"giambeux. Boots; an old French word, very probably supposed by Warton to be
borrowed by Spenser from Chaucer's Rime of Sir Topas, where it occurs at v. ..."
2. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1909)
"... their giambeux falles.l The idea of simplicity mingled with archaism here
aimed at is also raised by the avoidance of anything like a precise search for ..."
3. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"giambeux. Boots. Spenser. GIB. (1) A young gosling. Line. (2) A horse that shrinks
from the collar, and wl not draw. North. ..."
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