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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Greaves \Greaves\ (gr[=e]vz), n. pl [Cf. dial. Sw grevar greaves, LG greven, G. griebe, also AS greofa pot. Cf {Gravy.}] The sediment of melted tallow. It is made into cakes for dogs' food. In Scotland it is called {cracklings}. [Written also {graves}.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: greaves n : protects legs below the knee [syn: {greave}, {jambeau}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Greaves only in 1 Sam. 17:6, a piece of defensive armour (q.v.) reaching from the foot to the knee; from French greve, "the shin." They were the Roman cothurni.
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