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Protection of fore arms.
Used by knights and soldiers in the Middle Ages.
Often mounted by spikes or blade(s).
His greaves deflected the fiends sword.
He killed his foe with the spikes on his left greave.
Greaves by Caddy102 April 9, 2013
this name comes from a long line of viking heritage. it has been said they gave ragnar loth' brok his first boat as a young man that contained a map that lead him to discover the new lands. when he came back from his journey he found the greaves lineage and rewarded the family with the highest honor one could have in that era.
"those greaves boys are at the brothel with a tankard of ale again"
greaves by papismurf94 April 11, 2021

greaves parlay 

to exploit unsuccessfully, to decrease or otherwise transform into something of much less value
He greaves parlayed his small fortune down to a much smaller fortune.
greaves parlay by mike sam September 30, 2007

Jenny Greaves 

Jenny Greaves. A very nice + talented teenager with lots of entusiasm and charisma! She despises holt (as do most ppl :P) and has a healthy obsession with Gizmo (who does rock!). She is kind, generous, curteous, beautiful, fun to be around and a great person all round! I cant think of a better jenny at all :D
OH MY GOD! THERES JENNY GREAVES OMG OMG OMG!! *praise*
Jenny Greaves by C-_-son November 7, 2004

Harvey greaves 

An idiot with a tiny shaft.
Harvey:You wanna date me
Girl:No one wants to date you,you Harvey greaves

Jess Greaves 

Likes to stick saucy lettuce to her clothes and will bite you if you don’t give her enough attention.
Jess Greaves likes rusty spoons.
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Take the big pirogue, I saw a huge swamp dog out there earlier.
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