jambes

Noun

jambe (plural jambes)

1. A leg, of an animal or person.
   • Lion's jambe, erased, grasping a laurel branch.1828, William Berry, Encyclopaedia Heraldica, Or Complete Dictionary of Heraldry: Dictionary of Heraldry
2. (in plural, often) Synonym of jambeau (“a greave”).
   • […] cuissarts or cuisses were used to shield the thigh, and boots of steel called greaves or jambes were worn upon the leg between the ancle^([sic]) and the knee. We have no doubt that the jambes were found to act well as preserves, but we think at times the shin must have been sadly jammed in them.1860 August 18, Punch, Or, The London Charivari, page 68

   Synonyms:

   jambeau