jambeau

noun2

1. •
   [in the plural] (historical) A piece of armour for the leg (especially below the knee), a greave.

   • The mortall steele despiteously entayld / Deepe in their flesh, quite through the yron walles, / That a large purple streme adown their giambeux falles. — 1590
2. •
   Any of the spikefishes of the genus Parahollardia.