Hypertext Webster Gateway: "greave"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Greave \Greave\, n.
A grove. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Greave \Greave\, n. [OF. grees; cf. Sp. grevas.]
Armor for the leg below the knee; -- usually in the plural.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Greave \Greave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Greaved} (gr[=e]vd); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Greaving}.] [From {Greaves}.] (Naut.)
To clean (a ship's bottom); to grave.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
greave
n : armor plate that protects legs below the knee [syn: {greaves},
{jambeau}]
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