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Definition of Armguard
1. Noun. A protective covering for the wrist or arm that is used in archery and fencing and other sports.
Definition of Armguard
1. Noun. A protective cover for the arm. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Armguard
Literary usage of Armguard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Duelling Stories of the Sixteenth Century from the French of Brantôme by George Herbert Powell, Pierre de Bourdeille Brantôme (1904)
"peculiar sort of armguard made in one piece which did not bend at all, so that
the left arm had to be held as stiff as a pole, which was a tremendous ..."
2. Archery: Its Theory and Practice by Horace A. Ford (1859)
"... for instance, would be—and not that there was any peculiar quality in the
armguard of increasing, actually and positively, the cast of the bow. ..."
3. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley (1901)
"1 possibly a maker of bracers,' the armguard in a suit of armour ; v. Bracer (HED).
But (i) I think will be found correct ; v. ..."
4. American Archery: A Vade Mecum of the Art of Shooting with a Long Bow by Robert Potter Elmer (1917)
"An armguard. Butt. An artificial embankment of sod or earth against which a target
or prick is placed. Cast. I. The coefficients of resilience of a bow. 2. ..."
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