What does "greave" mean?
Greave: A grove. [Obs.] Spenser.
Additional senses
- 2.Armor for the leg below the knee; -- usually in the plural.
- 3.To clean (a ship's bottom); to grave.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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