Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vambrace

/ˈvæm.bɹeɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vam-brace
IPA: /ˈvæm.bɹeɪs/

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The piece of armor designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist.

noun

The pieces of armor protecting the arm from the shoulder to the wrist.

Example Sentences

"To the cuirass were buckled the armour for the shoulders and arms, the first called Pouldrons, the second Brassarts, Garde bras, les avant bras, and corruptly in English, Vambraces. The vambraces included all the defence for the arms, from the pouldrons to the wrist. At the joint, or bending of the arm, the vambraces were cut obliquely, […]"
"Thorin reached out for the vambrace and gauntlet that made up the armour's right arm."

Etymology

From Middle English vambrace, vauntbras, from Anglo-Norman vambras, avantbras.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: vambrace, vambras

Inflected Forms

vambraces (plural) vantbrace (alternative) vanbrace (alternative) vantbrass (alternative) vantbras (alternative)

Phrases

guard of vambrace

Frequently Paired Words

vantbras vambraced pauldron

Synonyms

lower cannon

Questions

How do you pronounce vambrace?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈvæm.bɹeɪs/.
What does vambrace mean?: The piece of armor designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist.
Where does vambrace come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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