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rere-brace Obs. exc. Hist.
Also rer(e)bras.
[a. AF. *rerebras, f. rere- back + bras arm: cf. vambrace.]
Armour for the upper arm from the shoulder to the elbow (originally a plate protecting the back of the arm only).
c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 10030 Hym self was armed..Wyþ..Vaumbras & rerbras. a1400Morte Arth. 2566 An alet enamelde he oches in sondire, Bristes þe rerebrace with the bronde ryche. 1411E.E. Wills (1882) 19 A pare of vambrace and rerebrace, a pare of legge herneys. 1441Plumpton Corr. (Camden) p. liv, Like men of were, with brest plate, vambrace & rerebrace. 1496Dives & Paup. (W. de W.) x. vi. 379/2 We sholde take with us rerebras and vanbras & gloues of plate.
1824Archaeologia XX. 503 In later times the armour for the arm was distinguished into the vambrace, elbow-piece, brassart (the same as rerebrace) and pauldron. 1830Skelton Meyrick's Antient Rome Pl. ix. 5 The rere-brace with its long armed gauntlet for the bridle arm. |