Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A piece of armor for the leg below the knee.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Ancient armor) See jambes.
  • noun A type of spikefish of the Atlantic Ocean, Parahollardia lineata.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun armor plate that protects legs below the knee

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English, probably from Old North French *jambeau, from Old French jambe, leg; see jamb.]

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From an Anglo-Norman derivative of jambe ("leg").

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