brace

Definition

Armor for the arm; vambrace.

Etymology

From Middle English brace, from Old French brace (“arm”), from Latin bracchia, the nominative and accusative plural of bracchium (“arm”).

Example Sentences

• "a brace and bit"
• "The little bones of the ear drum do in straining and relaxing it as the braces of the war drum do in that."
• "And I am of opinion, that the moſt frequent cauſe of Deafneſs is to be attributed to the Laxneſs of the Tympanum, vvhen it has loſt its Brace or Tenſion by ſome irregularity in the Figure of thoſe Bones, or defect in that Muſcle: […]"