well-greaved
/ˌwɛlˈɡriːvd/poetic and archaic
adjective
Wearing fine or sturdy greaves.
- Chiefly in translations of and allusions to Homer..
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in George Chapman (?1560–1634), poet and playwright. From well + greave + -ed, after ancient Greek (Homer) ἐϋκνήμις.
- aluminous cake
- aluminum
- aluminum brass
- aluminum chloride
- aluminum foil
- aluminum foil hat
- aluminum hydroxide
- aluminum oxide
- aluminum smelter
- aluminum sulfate
- aluminum sulphate
- alumite
- alumium
- alumna
- alumni association
- alumniate
- alumni society
- alumnus
- alumocalcite
- alum ore
- a lump in the throat
- alum rock
- alum root
- Wolfenden Report
- Wolfe, Thomas