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jambeaus

jambeaus is the plural of jambeau.

Meaning of jambeau

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
    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

Questions about jambeaus

What is jambeaus the plural of?
Jambeaus is the plural of jambeau.

Words near jambeaus in the dictionary

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

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