rerebrace

noun

1. Armour for the upper part of the arm.

   historical

   This rim involved a raised rolled edge on the rerebrace that was inserted into a raised lip on the lower lame of the pauldron.

Where it comes from

From Middle English rerebrace; compare French arrière-bras.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry rerebrace (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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