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vambrace

NOUN
  1. cannon of plate armor protecting the forearm

How To Use vambrace In A Sentence

  • The vambrace features a rolled edge and carries the same design as the proceeding plates.
  • I think the interviewer is writing for people who don't know what a merlon or a vambrace are. Malazan at 10: An old interview with Steven Erikson
  • And now he showed me pieces of armour, that is, a vizored headpiece or armet, with cuirass, backplates, pauldrons and vambraces, all very richly gilded, the which it seemed he had chosen for my defence. Martin Conisby's Vengeance
  • He was now clad in only his cotton tunic and trousers with the leather vambraces remaining on his forearms, his riding boots and a belt around his lean waist.
  • Each soldier had the same vambraces.
  • He shrugged his shoulders, trying to get comfortable in his suit of chainmail, but his vambraces were making his forearm feel heavy.
  • It is also possible that a few warriors may have worn leather vambraces, or have used leather bindings similar to ‘puttes’ to protect their forearms.
  • I can't help but it sounds like the author of that article has a few sour grapes to eat and never read a Fantasy book before, or he would not stumble over words like merlon and vambrace. Malazan at 10: An old interview with Steven Erikson
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