greaves

Piece of medieval armor worn over the shin.

They are often worn by knights in combination with sabatons (armored shoes) to protect the feet. See armored boots for a single piece of armor that covers both the feet and shins.

Examples

Without sabatons

With sabatons

See also

• Cuisses, for the thighs.
• Poleyn, for the knees.
• Sabaton, for the feet.
• Armored boots, for the feet and shins.
• Shin guards, used in modern sports.
• Suneate, the Japanese equivalent.
• List of armor

External links

• Wikipedia: Greave
• Wikipedia: List of medieval armour components

This tag implicates armor (learn more).

The following tags implicate this tag: single_greave (learn more).