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jambeau

/ˈd͡ʒæm.boʊ/

jambeau noun: a piece of armour for the leg (especially below the knee), a greave.

Noun

jambeau (plural jambeaus or jambeaux)

  1. (historical, in plural) 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, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vi
    • [He suspected] a chink in his hinder jambeau, for there was a trickling at the back of his leg, although he felt no pain.1984, Julian May, The Nonborn King ; The Adversary, page 200
    Synonyms:
    jamber, jamb, jambe, jambart
  2. Any of the spikefishes of the genus Parahollardia.
    • Spotted spikefishes and jambeaus are diamond shaped, about as long as they are high, with the greatest depth occurring at the tips of the stout first dorsal and anal spines, near the midbody. The small caudal fin is broadly rounded.2016, David B. Snyder, George H. Burgess, Marine Fishes of Florida, Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM, →ISBN

Examples of jambeau in a sentence

  • Jambeaus and sollerets hung loose from his shaky ankles.2001, J. Robert King, Mad Merlin, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 39:
  • After all, a knight is not a knight without his jambeaus and sollerets, […]2010, Harold Bloom, Ray Bradbury, Infobase Publishing, →ISBN, page 27:
  • A cuish, knee piece, and jambeau protected their legs.2011, Thomas Everill, Chamber of the Dragon's Soul: Awakenings, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 80:

Synonyms of jambeau

Forms of jambeau

pluraljambeaus
pluraljambeaux
alternative formgiambeu

Origin of jambeau

From Middle English iambeau(s) (compare jamber), from an Anglo-Norman [Term?] derivative of Old French jambe (“leg”): compare Old French jambiere. See jamb (noun). Compare lamboy(s).

Questions about jambeau

What does jambeau mean?
Jambeau means a piece of armour for the leg (especially below the knee), a greave.
How do you use jambeau in a sentence?
Jambeaus and sollerets hung loose from his shaky ankles.
What part of speech is jambeau?
Jambeau is a noun.
How do you pronounce jambeau?
Jambeau is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒæm.boʊ/.
What is the plural of jambeau?
The plural of jambeau is jambeaus.

Words near jambeau in the dictionary

  1. Jambavan
  2. Jambavati
  3. Jambazian
  4. Jambazians
  5. jambe
  6. jambeau
  7. jambeaus
  8. jambeaux
  9. jambed
  10. jambee
  11. jambees

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