Meaning of shinplate | Babel Free

Definitions

An item of plate armour covering the shin; a greave.

uncommon

Examples

“This helmet is part of a set⟳ of armour, also comprising collar, pair of pauldrons, vambraces (armplate) and greaves (shinplate). The pieces come⟳ as field armour fitted with extra pieces for lighter field use⟳.”

“The dwarven priest followed, keeping his distance, and trying to time his crunching steps in steel plate armor and […] Azenairk looked up, his shinplate just having kicked into a rock on the side of the trail, the two men drawing[…]”

“His armored feet dug chunks out of the wall as he scrambled toward the very top. Finally, when gravity would let⟳ him rise⟳ no more, [... he] slid the hidden knife out of its sheath in his shinplate. He wrenched himself upward, over the lip,[…]”

CEFR level