Meaning of guard of vambrace | Babel Free

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An additional piece of armor over the couter which further protects the arm.

historical

Examples

“[…] the guard of vambrace covers the cowter; the vambrace protects the forearm; and the gauntlet surrounds the fingers to the forearms”

“"I have always heard," Anika answered, holding her arm out so Novak could fit the guard of vambrace over her elbow, "that the chief danger in battle is being trampled or smothered if unhorsed." She laughed.”

“[image of a large guard of vambrace] Mid-fifteenth-century guard of vambrace. Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries' Tournament, Guard of Vambrace, Manteau D'Arms and Passguard The development of armour eventually made the shield redundant in battle for the knightly classes. By the late fifteenth century, the 'guard of vambrace' that covered the left elbow had grown, in England, as large as a small heater shield and many monumental brasses show English knights with extraordinarily large guards of vambrace; ...”

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