Definitions for greaves

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Spelling: [greevz]
IPA: /grivz/

Greaves is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 178 anagrams from letters in greaves (aeegrsv).

Definitions for greaves

noun

  1. crackling (def 3).
  2. a piece of plate armor for the leg between the knee and the ankle, usually composed of front and back pieces.

Origin of greaves

1605-15; Low German greven; cognate with Old High German griubo, German Grieben

Examples for greaves

greaves the man is equally—and intentionally—hard to get a read on.

Will you be going to Mrs. greaves' reception after the dinner?

Palmer's horse was at once killed, and greaves fell among the Pathans.

greaves' measures of the King's chamber are given at p. 335, vol.

On the ground are the breast-plate, the greaves and the helmet.

greaves and a handful of friends founded it in January as a vehicle for a cheeky, in-your-face brand of political theater.

That must have been the time when you sent for Dr. greaves at three in the morning.

As an alternative religious player, says greaves, the Satanic Temple provides yet another “counterbalance.”

And they all had brass helmets and purple tunics, and greaves, and their shields uncovered .

These days, greaves regards traditional religion in general as both dangerously superstitious and exclusionary.

Word Value for greaves
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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