greave : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: greave	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for greave
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greave n armor plate that protects legs below the knee [syn: greave, jambeau]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Greave \Greave\, n. A grove. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Greave \Greave\, n. [OF. grees; cf. Sp. grevas.] Armor for the leg below the knee; -- usually in the plural.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Greave \Greave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Greaved} (gr[emac]vd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Greaving}.] [From {Greaves}.] (Naut.) To clean (a ship's bottom); to grave.