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arm-piece

arm-piece is the alternative form of armpiece.

Meaning of armpiece

Noun

armpiece (plural armpieces)

  1. A piece of armour that protects the arm.
    • “Go, my good St. John,—in an arm-piece of the Milanese armor that hangs on the wall, thou’lt find the Seal!”1881, Mark Twain, chapter 32, in The Prince and the Pauper, New York: Charles L. Webster, page 267
  2. (colloquial, idiomatic) A decorative companion.
    • He'd decided to take her because she was the best looking armpiece of all, and as long as she kept her mouth shut, he'd be the envy of every man there.2000, Jackie Collins, Dangerous Kiss, page 251
    Synonyms:
    arm candy

Forms of arm-piece

pluralarm-pieces

Origin of arm-piece

From arm + piece.

Questions about arm-piece

What is arm-piece the alternative form of?
Arm-piece is the alternative form of armpiece.

Words near arm-piece in the dictionary

  1. arm-chair
  2. arm-chairs
  3. arm-chest
  4. arm-chests
  5. arm-in-arm
  6. arm-piece
  7. arm-twist
  8. arm-twisted
  9. arm-twister
  10. arm-twisters
  11. arm-twisting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: arm-piece (page history and authors); armpiece (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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