Sekirov Dictionary

greave

/ɡɹiːv/

noun 4
verb 1
forms 3

noun4

•
(historical) A piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin, and occasionally the tops of the feet.
- And through the stained windows bright, / From o'er the red-tiled eaves, / The sunlight blazed with colored light / On golden helms and greaves. — 1883
•
(no longer used) A bush; a tree; a grove.
- she fled into that covert greave — 1596
(no longer used) A bough; a branch.
(no longer used) A ditch or trench.

verb1

To clean (a ship's bottom); to grave.

forms

greaved · greaving · greaves

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