'Greaves' definitions:

Definition of 'greaves'

(from WordNet)
noun
The residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered [syn: greaves, crackling]

Definition of 'Greaves'

From: GCIDE
  • Greaves \Greaves\ (gr[=e]vz), n. pl. [Cf. dial. Sw. grevar greaves, LG. greven, G. griebe, also AS. greofa pot. Cf. Gravy.] The sediment of melted tallow. It is made into cakes for dogs' food. In Scotland it is called cracklings. [Written also graves.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'greaves'

From: GCIDE
  • Jambes \Jambes\, Jambeux \Jam"beux\, n. pl. [From F. jambe a leg: cf. OF. jambiere. See Jamb, n.] (Ancient Armor) In the Middle Ages, armor for the legs below the knees, usually having front and back pieces; called also greaves. [Written also giambeux.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'greaves'

From: Easton
  • Greaves only in 1 Sam. 17:6, a piece of defensive armour (q.v.) reaching from the foot to the knee; from French greve, "the shin." They were the Roman cothurni.

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