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Greave   /griv/   Listen
noun
Greave  n.  A grove. (Obs.)



Greave  n.  Armor for the leg below the knee; usually in the plural.



verb
Greave  v. t.  (past & past part. greaved; pres. part. greaving)  Naut.) To clean (a ship's bottom); to grave.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Greave" Quotes from Famous Books



... Hessian boot, jack boot, top boot; Balmoral[obs3]; arctics, bootee, bootikin[obs3], brogan, chaparajos[obs3]; chavar[obs3], chivarras[obs3], chivarros[obs3]; gums [U.S.], larrigan [obs3][N. Am.], rubbers, showshoe, stogy[obs3], veldtschoen[Ger], legging, buskin, greave[obs3], galligaskin[obs3], gamache[obs3], gamashes[obs3], moccasin, gambado, gaiter, spatterdash[obs3], brogue, antigropelos[obs3]; stocking, hose, gaskins[obs3], trunk hose, sock; hosiery. glove, gauntlet, mitten, cuff, ...
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