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Word Meanings - VAMBRACE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The piece designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist.

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  • DESIGN
    drawing, dessein a plan or scheme; all, ultimately, from L. designare to designate; de- + signare to mark, mark out, signum mark, sign. See 1. To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace
  • PROTECT
    To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children. The gods of Greece protect you! Shak. Syn. -- To guard; shield; preserve. See Defend.
  • DESIGNATE
    Designated; appointed; chosen. Sir G. Buck.
  • PROTECTRESS; PROTECTRIX
    A woman who protects.
  • PIECER
    1. One who pieces; a patcher. 2. A child employed in spinning mill to tie together broken threads.
  • PROTECTORIAL
    See PROTECTORAL
  • PROTECTORLESS
    Having no protector; unprotected.
  • PIECEMEALED
    Divided into pieces.
  • DESIGNATOR
    An officer who assigned to each his rank and place in public shows and ceremonies. 2. One who designates.
  • PROTECTIVE
    Affording protection; sheltering; defensive. " The favor of a protective Providence." Feltham. Protective coloring , coloring which serves for the concealment and preservation of a living organism. Cf. Mimicry. Wallace. -- Protective tariff ,
  • DESIGNATIVE
    Serving to designate or indicate; pointing out.
  • PIECE
    1. To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; as, to piece a garment; -- often with out. Shak. 2. To unite; to join; to combine. Fuller. His adversaries . . . pieced themselves together in a joint opposition
  • WRIST
    The joint, or the region of the joint, between the hand and the arm; the carpus. See Carpus. He took me by the wrist, and held me hard. Shak. (more info) wriust, LG. wrist, G. rist wrist, instep, Icel. rist instep, Dan. &
  • DESIGNFUL
    Full of design; scheming. -- De*sign"ful*ness, n. Barrow.
  • PIECEMEAL
    1. In pieces; in parts or fragments. "On which it piecemeal brake." Chapman. The beasts will tear thee piecemeal. Tennyson. 2. Piece by piece; by little and little in succession. Piecemeal they win, this acre first, than that. Pope.
  • PROTECTIONIST
    One who favors protection. See Protection, 4.
  • DESIGNEDLY
    By design; purposely; intentionally; -- opposed to accidentally, ignorantly, or inadvertently.
  • PROTECTIVENESS
    The quality or state of being protective. W. Pater.
  • DESIGNLESS
    Without design. -- De*sign"less*ly, adv.
  • PIECELESS
    Not made of pieces; whole; entire.
  • SPARPIECE
    The collar beam of a roof; the spanpiece. Gwilt.
  • FOREDESIGN
    To plan beforehand; to intend previously. Cheyne.
  • DRIFTPIECE
    An upright or curved piece of timber connecting the plank sheer with the gunwale; also, a scroll terminating a rail.
  • CODPIECE
    A part of male dress in front of the breeches, formerly made very conspicuous. Shak. Fosbroke.
  • AFTERPIECE
    The heel of a rudder. (more info) 1. A piece performed after a play, usually a farce or other small entertainment.
  • FIELDPIECE
    A cannon mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army; a piece of field artillery; -- called also field gun.
  • BACKPIECE; BACKPLATE
    A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or which covers the back; armor for the back.
  • TIMEPIECE
    A clock, watch, or other instrument, to measure or show the progress of time; a chronometer.
  • CHIMNEY-PIECE
    A decorative construction around the opning of a fireplace.

 

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