greaves

Meaning

The unmeltable residue left after animal fat has been rendered.

greave

• Noun
• Verb

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Synonyms

crackling

dress

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graves

shin guards

armour for the legs

Translations

chicharrón

Griebe

Beinschützer

Grammeln

Beinschienen

Grammel

cretons

kaantjes

Gamasche

donyağı tortusu

Beinschiene

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɹivz/

Etymology

Cognate with German: Griebe

Cognate with Old High German: grob

Cognate with German: grob

In summary

From Low German (compare German Low German Greev, Greve (“greaves”)), from Middle Low German grêve, from Old Saxon *griovo, from Proto-West Germanic *greubō (“roughage, brushwood, kindling”), perhaps related to *grubaz (“rough, coarse”), the root of German Griebe (“greaves, crackling”). Possibly related to gruff. Also compare Old High German grob (“coarse”) (modern German grob).