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greave

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ɡɹiːv/

Definition of greave

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (obsolete)A bush; a tree; a grove.
    “she fled into that covert greave”
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noun

  1. (obsolete)A bush; a tree; a grove.
    “she fled into that covert greave”
  2. (obsolete)A bough; a branch.
  3. (obsolete)A ditch or trench.
  4. (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.”
    “Then he cast off his breast-plate, thigh pieces, and greaves, while Alleyne followed his example.”

verb

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

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Etymology

From Middle English greve, from Old English grǣfe, grǣfa (“bush, bramble, grove, thicket, copse, brush-wood (for burning), fuel”), probably related to Proto-Germanic *grōbō (“ditch, hole”). Cognate with Scots greve, greave (“grove”). Compare also Proto-Germanic *grainiz (“twig”), of unknown origin, whence Old Norse grein (“branch, bough”). Closely related to Old English grāf, grāfa (“grove”). See grove.

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