Greaves : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Greaves	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Greaves
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greaves n the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered Synonym(s): greaves, crackling
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Greaves \Greaves\ (gr[emac]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 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.