vambrace

/vam-breys/US // ˈvæm breɪs //UK // (ˈvæmbreɪs) //

斑马线,斑点,斑纹,斑马

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Armor.
- : a piece of plate armor for the forearm; a lower cannon.Compare rerebrace.
- : plate armor for the arm, usually including upper and lower cannons and a couter.

The Vambrace is worn under the sleeve of the hauberk, and not, as in the preceding example, over the mail.
The vambrace is generally rigid, either a solid tube or hinged on the outside and fastened on the inside by straps or hooks.
The fore-arm is covered with the plates of a vambrace which appears from under the hawberk sleeve.