noun
pl. -·beaux· greave
Origin of jambeau
Middle English from Old French jambe: see jambjambeau
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jambeau
noun
pl. jam·beaux,A piece of armor for the leg below the knee.
Origin of jambeau
Middle English probably from Old North French jambeau from Old French jambe leg ; see jamb .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Origin
From an Anglo-Norman derivative of jambe (“leg”).
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