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Definition of Rerebrace
1. Noun. Cannon that provides plate armor for the upper arm.
Group relationships: Body Armor, Body Armour, Cataphract, Coat Of Mail, Suit Of Armor, Suit Of Armour
Generic synonyms: Cannon
Definition of Rerebrace
1. n. Armor for the upper part of the arm.
Definition of Rerebrace
1. Noun. (historical) armour for the upper part of the arm ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rerebrace
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rerebrace
Literary usage of Rerebrace
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bas-reliefs from the Temple of Rameses I at Abydos by Herbert Eustis Winlock (1921)
"... and Lindi Hook Construction of Turning rerebrace, Showing Wide and Narrow
Articulating Straps Detail of Lower Edge of Reinforcing Breastplate. ..."
2. Some Remarks on the Early Use of Carriages in England by James Heywood Markland, Thomas Amyot (1824)
"The rerebrace, or arriere-bras, covered the remaining part of the arm to the
shoulder. When this was first invented in the reign of Edward II. it was merely ..."
3. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"(A.-S.) rerebrace. Armour for the back of the arm. (.-t.-N.) RE RE-BANKET.
A second course of sweets or desserts after dinner. Palsgrave. ..."
4. The Works of A. Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)
"The Frenchman, whirling up his sword, showed for an instant a chink betwixt his
shoulder-piece and the rerebrace which guarded his upper arm. ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Then appear disc-plates on the shoulders and elbows. A rerebrace plate protection
for the upper-arm is strapped over the mail; the coude, ..."
6. The Connoisseur by Bonnell Thornton, George Colman, Mr Town, George Lyttelton Lyttelton (1902)
"... is a strong lance rest, with a queue, or tail, nearly a foot long, which
supports the lance, and is stamped with the engraver's mark. The rerebrace and ..."
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