Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shinplate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: shin-plate
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An item of plate armour covering the shin; a greave.

Example Sentences

"This helmet is part of a set of armour, also comprising collar, pair of pauldrons, vambraces (armplate) and greaves (shinplate). The pieces come as field armour fitted with extra pieces for lighter field use."
"The dwarven priest followed, keeping his distance, and trying to time his crunching steps in steel plate armor and […] Azenairk looked up, his shinplate just having kicked into a rock on the side of the trail, the two men drawing[…]"
"His armored feet dug chunks out of the wall as he scrambled toward the very top. Finally, when gravity would let him rise no more, [... he] slid the hidden knife out of its sheath in his shinplate. He wrenched himself upward, over the lip,[…]"

Etymology

From shin + plate.

Inflected Forms

shinplates (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

schynbald

Questions

What does shinplate mean?: An item of plate armour covering the shin; a greave.
Where does shinplate come from?: From shin + plate.

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