What is "vambraces"

Usage examples of "vambraces".

These were heavy infantry, thirty soldiers in all, loaded down in scale armour and chain vambraces and gauntlets, kite shields, weighted longswords, stabbing spears strapped to their backs, visored and cheek-guarded helms with lobster tails, dirks and pig-stickers at their belts.

From the corner of my eye, I saw their Cassiline attendant make an ostentatious greeting to Joscelin, inlaid vambraces glittering as he swept his arms crossed before him and bowed.

Cassiline with a sword and vambraces can defeat a soldier in field armor bearing sword and shield in open battle.

Joscelin adjusted the buckles on his vambraces, checking and settling his weapons.

Cassiline bow, crossed vambraces flashing, would have given pause to any man of sense, and Luc .

Joscelin released her hands to give his Cassiline bow, vambraces flashing.

Joscelin merely bowed, crossed vambraces visible beneath the sleeves of his sheepskin coat.

He was unarmed, his daggers and sword and vambraces rolled into a length of oilskin which I settled between my feet.

I asked him softly, watching Joscelin fasten his vambraces out of the corner of my eye.

Lull muttered from where he sat on a camp saddle-chair, his unbuckled vambraces in his lap, his legs stretched out.

Beneath his reindeer-hide robe the shaman wore heavy leather vambraces of what could only be the thickest bullhide.