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Definition: Vambrace |
VambraceNoun1. Cannon of plate armor protecting the forearm. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "vambrace" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references) |
Note: Vambrace \Vam"brace\, noun. [See Vantbrass.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: VambraceSynonym: lower cannon (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Defense | Bulletproof vest, armored vest, buffer, corner stone, fender, apron, mask, gauntlet, thimble, carapace, armor, shield, buckler, aegis, breastplate, backplate, cowcatcher, face guard, scutum, cuirass, habergeon, mail, coat of mail, brigandine, hauberk, lorication, helmet, helm, bassinet, salade, heaume, morion, murrion, armet, cabaset, vizor, casquetel, siege cap, headpiece, casque, pickelhaube, vambrace, shako; (dress). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Vambrace |
| English words defined with "vambrace": Vantbrass. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
vambrace | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "vambrace"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Greek | σιδηρά χειρίσ. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ambracevay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "vambrace": vambraces. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "vambrace" (pronounced 'Vam"brace'): Forebrace, rerebrace. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-e-m-r-v" | |
-1 letter: macaber, macabre. | |
-2 letters: camber, camera, crambe. | |
-3 letters: abeam, acerb, amber, ameba, areca, brace, brava, brave, bream, caber, carve, caver, crave, cream, embar, macer. | |
-4 letters: acme, acre, area, aver, bare, barm, beam, bear, bema, berm, brae, came, carb, care, cave, crab, cram, maar, mabe, mace, marc, mare, race, rave, ream, vara, vera, verb. | |
-5 letters: aba, ace, ama, arb, arc, are, arm, ava, ave, baa, bam, bar, bra, cab, cam, car, ear, era, mac, mae, mar, ram, reb, rec, rem, rev, vac, var. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-e-m-r-v" | |
+1 letter: vambraces. | |
+4 letters: microwavable. | |
+5 letters: microwaveable. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 61 6D 62 72 61 63 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- .- -- -... .-. .- -.-. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01100001 01101101 01100010 01110010 01100001 01100011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V a m b r a c e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0061 006D 0062 0072 0061 0063 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5667796884676971 |
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