| 单词 | greave |
| 例句 | Skahaz was clad in his familiar garb of pleated black skirt, greaves, and muscled breastplate. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He had to make do with oddments assembled from Lord Lefford's wagons: mail hauberk and coif, a dead knight's gorget, lobstered greaves and gauntlets and pointed steel boots. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z His left greave did not match his right, his gorget was spotted with rust, his vambraces rich and ornate, inlaid with niello flowers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z From the waist down, he wore standard Greek battle gear—a kiltlike apron of leather and metal flaps, bronze greaves covering his legs, and tighdy wrapped leather sandals. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Then it went on to the greaves, the cuisses, and so up. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He was dressed in Greek combat armor—sandals, kilt, and greaves, a breastplate decorated with elaborate sea monster designs—and everything he wore was gold. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Their bodies weren’t much more than wisps of black vapor, but they managed to hold together sets of scale armor, greaves, and helmets. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He drops into the chair and begins cleaning his greaves. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z But he just nods and raises his leather greaves, now clean, to the firelight before hanging them from the hooks embedded into the wall. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The knight wore silver armor, his greaves and gauntlet inlaid with niello to suggest flowing fronds of seaweed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His armor was heavy steel plate, enameled in a dark crimson, greaves and gauntlets inlaid with ornate gold scrollwork. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z By the time it was told Arthur was kneeling at his feet, strapping on the greaves. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He trotted up and down the ranks, his plumed helmet gleaming, his legs decked in bronze greaves. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Their polished chain mail and greaves gleamed over purple T-shirts and jeans. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The new Mag- nar of Therm was a younger, shorter version of his father- lean, balding, clad in bronze greaves and a leather shirt sewn with bronze scales. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Khrazz cursed and turned a high cut into a low one, slipping past the old knight’s blade for once, only to have his blow scrape uselessly off a white steel greave. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then a shadow detached itself from inside an empty stall and became another Brazen Beast, clad in pleated black skirt, greaves, and muscled breastplate. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They were armored with bronze helmets and greaves and breastplates of heavy leather and shields of wood and bronze, and armed with swords and the long Kargish lance. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Qybum was in attendance, and dour Walton in his mail shirt and greaves, plus a dozen Freys, all brothers, half brothers, and cousins. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His legs were covered in dark greaves; his flesh all thick purple muscle, like the ground. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The knight was clad in chainmail, with gauntlets and greaves of lobstered steel and a heavy gorget around his throat, but he had not thought to don his helm. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Sir Ector came bustling out with his greaves on back to front, and kissed the Wart on both cheeks-“Well, well, well,” he exclaimed moistly. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z On the right was a different version, dressed for war in a Roman breastplate and greaves. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The same was true of his helm, his gorget, greaves, and gauntlets, and the rest of his mismatched plate. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A very fine drawing on blue paper, lent from the Met, shows the care he lavished on the plate armor: soft ripples of the chain mail, a shimmer of light on the greaves. Mysteries of a Venetian Perfectionist Revealed in Washington 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z The safety was excused from the team, with the coach wanting Reaves to take time to greave. Jeremy Reaves soaks in rewarding Pro Bowl berth after tough journey 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z Dingell asked the president to stop his attacks and allow her to greave her husband in peace during the first holiday season following his death. Impeachment split screen: As House votes in Washington, Trump rallies in Michigan 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z He and his men abandoned their steel breastplates and greaves in favor of lighter, cooler and – given the Mexican array of offensive weaponry – more effective native cotton armor. Toward a Softer World 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z The armor was correct from helm to sollerets, with hauberk and corselet, greaves and jambards, while the gauntleted hands were crossed, in true warrior fashion, on the hilt of a long, straight sword. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z And now came one of the most gorgeous features of the Holy Week processions—a legion of Roman soldiers, attired as never Roman soldiers were, in gold greaves and crimson tunics, with towering snow-white plumes. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z They wore hats adorned with feathers, goat skins round their shoulders, sickle-shaped swords and daggers, coats of mail, greaves, bows, and arrows of reeds. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z It has been connected with “graves” or “greaves,” the refuse of tallow in the manufacture of soap or candles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z In these dungeons they manacled their limbs with ponderous chains, encircled their necks with massive collars, and clothed their legs with heavy greaves. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z They had greaves upon their legs, which were a grievous impediment to their running away; and their helmets, adorned with lofty plumes, only served to render more conspicuous in defeat their crest-fallen condition. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z It consisted of a helmet for the head, cuirass for the chest, greaves for the legs, and a shield. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z The figure wore a short 36 chiton, probably under a cuirass, and greaves. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The pseudo-knights wore heavy leg protection: cuisses on their thighs, greaves on their calves, and pointed shoes called sabatons on their feet. Heavy Armor Gave Knights a Workout 2011-07-20T00:02:00Z They stripped him of a jacket he wore over his armour, and would have taken his trousers too, if the greaves had not hindered them. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z Did I not watch him while he let his armourer just brace his greaves, rivet his hauberk, on the fret the while! Browning and the Dramatic Monologue 2011-04-30T02:00:14.330Z Breastplate, helmet, greaves, were all gold or gold-plated. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z He wears a helmet, cuirass, and greaves, and has a spear in his left hand. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Yonder the shields for the head, are with willowy branches surrounded; Others the armour of ore, are to shining polish restoring, There, the protecting greaves, of glittering silver are forged. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z After having donned this, he put on the large greaves, which he had worn on the day of the battle. Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z With steps that made the earth to bend, And spirit swell’d with pride, He boasting shook his greaves of brass, And Israel’s God defied. Awd Isaac, The Steeple Chase, and other Poems With a glossary of the Yorkshire Dialect 2011-02-16T03:00:41.223Z He was in complete armor, with a shining helmet on his head, breast-plate, greaves, and gauntlets. Vasco Nu?ez de Balboa 2011-01-02T03:00:18.200Z The warrior has a short chiton, and leather cuirass, 56 sheathed sword, greaves, and a large shield, which he supports with the left hand. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The hoplites, who formed the main army, wore helmet, body armour, greaves and shield, and fought with pike and sword. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" "Vince luna! conquer, oh moon!" cried he, at the top of his voice, and rattling his sword against his greaves. Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z These buildings have yielded many specimens of gladiators’ arms, helmets, and greaves richly embossed in relief, scores of mail-coats, shields, and horse-trappings. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The principal pieces of defensive armour used by the ancients were shields, helmets, cuirasses, and greaves. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli She holds a greave in her left hand, with which she was probably decking a trophy. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Long boots take the place of greaves and steel shoes, and early in the 16th century the military pedants are heard to bewail the common laying aside of other pieces. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" Rechberg put on a shirt of fine chain-mail, with a hood for the neck and back of the head, and his arms and legs were protected with. brassarts and greaves of linked steel. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. The greaves were coverings for the shins and the knees. The Bible Story The railway greaves had to be finished by a certain date, or a large fine would have to be paid. Black Diamonds He stands near a trophy which consists of a helmet, cuirass, and greaves attached to the trunk of a tree. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The greaves were, no doubt, generally of hide, protected the leg all round, and were fastened at the knee with cords. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" Broad gold bracelets and silvered gauntlets protected his arms and hands; greaves his knees and the top of his feet. A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 If he could only have seen the greaves as far up as the knee! A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 Valentine wore a breastplate, a helmet, and greaves, but Ignatius was clad in mail from top to toe, both in front and behind; he was plainly of opinion that the back is also vulnerable. Pretty Michal On the floor glistened cuirasses, greaves, and helmets, over which were thrown rich fabrics stolen from the Saguntine villas. Sónnica The tin greaves of Achilles are obviously exceptional. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" Their tufted casques, their polished and brilliant cuirasses and greaves glittered in the sun. The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres Upon these ankles, however, were steel greaves of peculiar construction. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 First march the enranked old Spanish dons encased in armor-plate from visor to leg greaves, in this hot land where the very touch of metal is a burn. Through Our Unknown Southwest They slept dressed in the sagum, the metal greaves on their legs, and their weapons within reach of the hand, ready to fight the instant the slightest alarm might disturb their sleep. Sónnica A greave was worn on the right leg, and the helmet was of bronze with a crest of three feathers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" The breastplate seemed too big, and he was somehow unable to tighten the greaves on his shins properly. The Dueling Machine Suddenly alarmed and mystified beyond words, he shuffled forward over the snow, the greave yet clutched in a fur gloved hand. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 The defensive arms of the Roman soldier were simply a small light helmet, a light cuirass, and greaves, or boots bound with brass. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 "Are you not going to cover them with greaves?" Sónnica The image of an arm�d knight is graven Upon it, clad in perfect panoply— Cuishes, and greaves, and cuirass, with barred helm, Grauntleted hand, and sword, and blazoned shield. Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition He reckoned dressing up was just foolishness, but the fact is armour is hot and heavy, and he would have had to pass from trousers into greaves. Olive in Italy All of this, and the curious knee-cap, fitted above the wrought greaves, and the sharp muscles of your back which the tunic could not cover— the outline no garment could deface. Sea Garden Then there were elbow pieces to guard the elbows, and shoulder-plates for the shoulders, and a breast-plate or buckler for the front, and greaves for the legs and thighs. Richard III Makers of History Some act as beaters, wearing leathern aprons and greaves—such as the Greek peasantry wore—to protect their legs. In the Tail of the Peacock On the ground are the breast-plate, the greaves and the helmet. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Some were breakfasting from helmets full of cold boiled peas, others buckled on the well-dinted bronze cuirasses and greaves. A Victor of Salamis Bring me with all speed my greaves, my spear, and my armor of defense against the stones. Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against Thebes They ease him upon the moss beside the consecrated spring, remove his greaves and coat of mail. The Wagnerian Romances They were armed with sword, spear, helmet, shield, greaves, and cuirass. Ancient States and Empires Every man from England had his attendant to look after his bats and balls, and shoes and greaves; and it was necessary, of course, that our boys should be equally well served. The Fixed Period The ceiling of his living room was hung with white-plumed helmets, on the walls glittered brass greaves, handsomely embossed shields, inlaid Chalcidian scimitars, and bows tipped with gold. A Victor of Salamis Cœur-de-Lion was not a theatrical popinjay with greaves and steel-cap on it, but a man living upon victuals,—not imported by Peel's Tariff. Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. Said the aged Väinämöinen, "Wherefore take I not my journey, Where a mighty fight is raging, There to fight among my equals, Where the greaves with blood are spattered, Even to the knees all crimsoned?" Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes The warriors had chariots and horses, and were armed with sword, dagger, and spear, and were protected by helmets, breastplates, and greaves. Ancient States and Empires He took off his greaves, declaring that they impeded his running, and threw away altogether his helmet. The Fixed Period When he returned, the general had dismounted, and one of his freedmen was unbuckling the spurs from his steel greaves. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 Changes were introduced by Sennacherib, who abolished the inconveniently long robe of the second class of heavy-armed archers, and gave them leather greaves and boots. Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs The gay trappings of the horses, and the glittering splendor of the breast-plates, and greaves, and helmets, and swords of the men, gave to the whole spectacle a very splendid effect. Rollo in London The next class to these had a short shield for a long, and lacked the cuirass; and after these another that had the same arms, only wanting the greaves. Stories From Livy Spurs, with grand rowels, several inches in diameter, attached to the heels of these horse-hide boots, give them some resemblance to the greaves and ankle armour of mediaeval times. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco He also had bronze greaves upon his legs and a bronze back-plate between his shoulders. The Children's Bible Hawkins also happened to have a small supply of stale greaves. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler You may see limbs encased in calzoneros, and others in the heavy stamped leather botas of the Mexican horseman, resembling the greaves of warriors of the olden time. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Then his clean limbs his weeping squires bedight In all the mail Hephaistos served his might Withal, of breastplate shining like the sun Upon flood-water, three-topped helm whereon Gleamed the gold basilisk, and goodly greaves. Helen Redeemed and Other Poems He went over to the robot, and with a key that he took from his pocket, he unlocked the greaves and chains. The Stutterer They hollow out head-gear to guard them, and plait wickerwork round shield-bosses; others forge breastplates of brass or smooth greaves of flexible silver. The Aeneid of Virgil The barbel took the gentles as freely as worms, and greaves as freely as gentles, but I noticed that the fish were smaller. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler First he put upon his legs his beautiful greaves, fitted with silver clasps; next he placed around his breast a corslet which Cinyras once gave him, to be a pledge of hospitality. The Iliad of Homer (1873) Marius swung himself to his horse's back as the beast reared with excitement, found his stirrups, and galloped hard after, his sword clapping against his greave. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain Hall lay unmoving in the middle of the floor, his legs and arms fastened in greaves of permallium. The Stutterer He, eager for battle, had already clasped on the greaves of gold right and left, and scorning delay, brandishes his spear. The Aeneid of Virgil And from what does the spear of Achilles derive its interest? and the helmet and the mail worn by Patroclus, and the celestial armor, and the very brazen greaves of the well-booted Greeks? The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III He also made for him a strong helmet, fitted to his temples, beautiful and variously ornamented, and on it placed a golden crest; and made greaves for him of ductile tin. The Iliad of Homer (1873) Their veteran commander was seated on his war-horse, but the blood trickled from the greaves of his armour. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 He had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a gorget of brass between his shoulders. Children of the Old Testament They had all brazen helmets, scarlet tunics, greaves, and polished shields. The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis One day I saw by the paper that there was one at large in Hackney, and thither I repaired, in greaves and gauntlets, with my life-preserver in my bosom. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life I could hear the clank of the sword against his greaves as he stepped off his platform on to the floor of the hall and advanced a step towards me. Boycotted And Other Stories Mantegna has her armoured, with greaves to the knee and spiked cups on her breastplate. Little Novels of Italy One of them must have gnawed on my ankle some, between the greave and the heel-plate, but he couldn't quite get through. Spacehounds of IPC The troops of the line wore greaves on the legs and heavy iron-bound sandals on the feet. Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) Did I not watch him while he let His armorer just brace his greaves, Rivet his hauberk, on the fret The while! Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform The polished helmets, with their horse-hair plumes of various colours, the in-wrought breastplates, and the greaves with their silver fastenings, are not only weapons, but works of art as well. The Sea-Kings of Crete Everything he got turned out to be the right size, but he couldn't see himself in hauberk and greaves, nor in a filmy nightgown. The Sky Is Falling Around his legs the golden greaves he placed, His brow yet bare, and at his side he braced, The trusty sword. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor No, no; bring me the greaves, gauntlets, and helmet here, if thou wilt, and an they give me time, I will arm me in their very teeth. The Days of Bruce Vol 1 A Story from Scottish History They all had their brazen helmets, their tunics of purple, their gleaming shields and greaves. History Of Ancient Civilization De Lacy struck his gauntlets against his greaves. Beatrix of Clare When Vulcan had finished it, he forged a corselet brighter than fire, and greaves of tin, and a helmet with crest of gold. The Story of Troy Lithe twigs of osier in their shields they weave, And shape the casque, and in the mould prepare The brazen breastplate and the silver greave. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor And he made a strong helmet to go on the head and shining greaves to wear on the ankles. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy But the bowmen of the present time go into battle wearing corselets and fitted out with greaves which extend up to the knee. History of the Wars, Books I and II The Persian War There is no concession to such pedantries as Professor Robertson Smith's "greaves of the warrior that stampeth in the fray," or such barbarisms as Professor Cheynes' "boot of him that trampleth noisily." Matthew Arnold The majority of votes were in favor of Ulysses, and to him, therefore, the splendid shield and corselet and helmet and greaves, made by Vulcan for the son of Thetis, were given. The Story of Troy Therefore at thy knees Suppliant I fall, imploring from thine art570 A shield and helmet, greaves of shapely form With clasps secured, and corselet for my son. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper The panoply of the regular infantry consisted of a long spear, of a shield, helmet, breastplate, greaves, and short sword. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 The image of an armed knight is graven Upon it, clad in perfect panoply— Cuishes, and greaves, and cuirass, with barred helm, Gauntleted hand, and sword, and blazoned shield. Poems He who wears the greaves, the gorget, and the coat-of-mail, holds defiance to the storm of battle; but he drinks and dies in the hall of banqueting. Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia These were then once more exposed to the deadly missiles, which pierced alike through shield and breast-plate and greaves, and inflicted the most fearful wounds. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. The greaves were for the defence of the legs. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper It seemed that the young Roman had stripped off his helmet, breast-plate and greaves to ride less encumbered or to appear less warlike. The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem The weight of his greaves righted him while he was in the air. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. Here have I two iron pots, a plate from my master's best greaves, and a pair of spurs that want piecing, and I'm like to tinker them as I list on a cold stithy. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 The figure was clad in a long coat of mail, with greaves on the legs and a helmet upon the head. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. And from what does the spear of Achilles derive its interest? and the helmet and the mail worn by Patroclus, and the celestial armour, and the very brazen greaves of the well-booted Greeks? Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 With His Letters and Journals We see the sheen of cloth of gold and the gleam of greaves and breastplates. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees And it smote him below the knee, and the tin-wrought greave rang loudly; but the stout spear bounded off, for it could not pierce the work of Vulcan. The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) Give me my steel cap, My sword and iron greaves, my vant-braces: I will array in proof. Cromwell Six black greaves they had on the mast. The Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga With Introductions And Notes There was a steel headpiece, a cuirass, a gorget, and greaves, with a pair of gauntlets and a sword hanging beneath.—Hawthorne. An English Grammar The helmet and the shirt of mail, the iron greaves and spurs, the short iron mace to bang at the saddle-bow, spoke of the knight, the man of horses and war. After London Or, Wild England And now, I come as a suppliant, to clasp thy knees, and to pray that thou wouldst give my short-lived son a shield, a helmet, a breastplate, and goodly greaves.” The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) Panoplied in all the armor of St. Paul, morion, hauberk, and greaves, let us fight the Turks inch by inch, and yield them naught but our corpse. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I The people are the most valiant yet found in these regions; they possess much good armor—as iron corselets, greaves, wristlets, gauntlets, and helmets—and some arquebuses and culverins. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 03 of 55 1569-1576 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century Coeur-de- Lion was not a theatrical popinjay with greaves and steelcap on it, but a man living upon victuals,—not imported by Peel's Tariff. Past and Present His knees and arms were bare, showing his firm muscles and the suntanned skin; on his feet he wore buskins of double hide, and his legs were protected by brass greaves. The Thirsty Sword But the goodly greaves he made of flexible tin. The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) Their breastplates and greaves glitter bright in the air; They have sworn ere they met they would fight to the death. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, October 11, 1890 Quick, bring my spear, My greaves, and armor, bulwark against stones. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 Leave thee there grovelling at their rusted greaves, These hulking cowards on a painted stage, Who, with imperial pomp and laurel leaves, Show their Marengo—one man in a cage. The Wild Knight and Other Poems The war dress of Charlemagne himself was wholly composed of steel, consisting of the casque, breast, and back plates, together with greaves, gauntlets, and cuissards, formed likewise of iron plates. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 561, August 11, 1832 Then from his limbs they took the mighty greaves, And loosed the woven corselet from his side, And bathed his feet and brought him to himself. Parsifal A Mystical Drama By Richard Wagner Retold In The Spirit Of The Bayreuth Interpretation They sunk under the painful weight of crosses and chains; and their emaciated limbs were confined by collars, bracelets, gauntlets, and greaves of massy and rigid iron. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3 Are your saddle-cloths ready stuffed, and your iron greaves polished, and your banners unfurled? Four Arthurian Romances First they fastened on greaves and covered their shins with green bean-pods broken into two parts which they had gnawed out, standing over them all night. Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica The golden spurs shone, but the iron greaves glowed in the sunlight. Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and Women The gold clasp of the greave was still around one knee. Buried Cities, Volume 3 Mycenae When his superb collection was sold, this client of Hawberk's bought the suit, and since then the search for the missing greave had been pushed until it was, almost by accident, located in Paris. The King in Yellow And I have some fine valuable greaves, polished, handsome, and light in weight. Four Arthurian Romances It was almost as though he were a great warrior of old, having his armour put on before he went out to the fight— the greaves, the breastplate, the helmet, the sword…. The Cathedral Then she unclasped his greaves, and unbuckled his spurs; and once more she sprang into his arms, and laid her head where she could now feel the beating of his heart. Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and Women But men who were breathing spears and helms, and the snow-white plume in its crested pride The greave, and the dart, and the warrior's heart in its seven-fold casing of tough bull-hide. The Frogs This was the missing greave of a famous suit which a client of his had traced to a little shop in Paris on the Quai d'Orsay. The King in Yellow Why are they so recklessly anachronistic and "up-to-date" with the corslets and greaves, and so staunchly but inconsistently conservative about keeping the huge shields? Homer and His Age He wore also the full white camese common among the Albanians; and while his feet were protected by sandals, the lower part of his legs was guarded by greaves of embroidered green velvet. The Rise of Iskander Several knights in armour got about with difficulty, apparently burdened by their greaves and breastplates. Indian Summer The hastatus and the princeps legionary bore a breastplate or coat of mail, brazen greaves, and a brazen helmet with a lofty upright crest of scarlet or black feathers. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) "Did you continue the search so persistently without any certainty of the greave being still in existence?" The King in Yellow If they speak of huge shields only because they are conservative archaeologists, then, on the other hand, they speak of corslets and greaves because they are also reckless innovators. Homer and His Age The sixth rank was composed of the third class, who had neither breastplate nor greaves. Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. Not so Goose Gibbie, who was fairly spurned out of those wide and ponderous greaves, and precipitated over the horse's head, to the infinite amusement of all the spectators. Old Mortality, Volume 1. They still used, too, their primitive breastplates and greaves of twigs interwoven with cordage. The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century He, Hawberk, had negotiated for and secured the greave, and now the suit was complete. The King in Yellow Bronze greaves are not found, so far, in Mycenaean tombs in Greece, and Reichel argued that the original Homer knew none. Homer and His Age Not mine the clamouring tempest to defy, Tossing the proud crest of my dusky leaves: Defender of small flowers that trembling lie Against my barky greaves. Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems Instead of cuirass, mail, greaves, and other pieces of complete armour, he was cased in a postillion's leathern jerkin, covered with thin plates of tinned iron. The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves Haste was manifest In the gauntlet, the greaves, the irid splendor That pulsed on his breast. Perpetual Light : a memorial Old Hawberk sat riveting the worn greaves of some ancient suit of armour, and the ting! ting! ting! of his little hammer sounded pleasantly in the quaint shop. The King in Yellow But why did men who were interpolating bronze corslets freely introduce bronze so seldom, if at all, as the material of greaves? Homer and His Age With that, the venerable warrior rose; The shining greaves his manly legs enclose; His purple mantle golden buckles join'd, Warm with the softest wool, and doubly lined. The Iliad The prime parts in the armor are the helmet, the cuirass, the greaves, and the shield. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life XV Did I not watch him while he let His armourer just brace his greaves, Rivet his hauberk, on the fret The while! Dramatic Romances His greaves chafed and wrestled one with another for want of other foes. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers We may find "Mycenaean" corslets and greaves, but they are not in cremation burials. Homer and His Age This done, whate'er a warrior's use requires He forged; the cuirass that outshone the fires, The greaves of ductile tin, the helm impress'd With various sculpture, and the golden crest. The Iliad This simple race over, a second quickly follows: five heavy, powerful men this time, but they are to run in full hoplite's armor—the ponderous shield, helmet, cuirass, and greaves. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life The panoply of the regular infantry consisted of a long spear, of a shield, helmet, breast-plate, greaves, and short sword. The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo Therefore now come I a suppliant unto thy knees, if haply thou be willing to give my short-lived son shield and helmet, and goodly greaves fitted with ankle-pieces, and cuirass. The Iliad Or why, if they knew them, did they not introduce them in the poems, which, we are told, they were filling with non- Mycenaean greaves and corslets? Homer and His Age The Queen sank back upon the embroidered cushions of a couch and bade the wise Odysseus to sit guard over against her, so near that her robes swept his golden greaves. The World's Desire He made a helmet, close fitting to the brow, and richly worked, with a golden plume overhanging it; and he made greaves also of beaten tin. The Iliad The Hastatus and the Princeps legionary bore a breast- plate or coat of mail, brazen greaves, and a brazen helmet, with a lofty, upright crest of scarlet or black feathers. The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo His goodly greaves, fitted with silver clasps, he first girt round his legs, and next did on around his breast the well-dight starry corslet of the swift-footed son of Aiakos. The Iliad They also knew, and the original poet, we are told, did not know bronze corslets and greaves. Homer and His Age A body of cavaliers sumptuously clad, some even wearing shining corselet, greaves and helm, was forming about him who was himself in a magnificent dress. 1492 First he put on the goodly greaves fitted with ancle-clasps, and next he did on the breastplate about his chest. The Iliad His helmet was of iron, and his gloves Of iron, and his breastplate and his greaves And tassets were of iron, and his shield. The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow First on his legs he set the fair greaves fitted with silver ankle-pieces, and next he donned the cuirass about his breast. The Iliad The theory of critics is that late poets introduced the bronze corslets and greaves with which they were familiar into the poems, but scrupulously abstained from alluding to the equally familiar small shields. Homer and His Age But as soon as they began to retreat, out rushed upon them from within a host of fellows, armed with wicker shields and lances, greaves and Paphlagonian helmets. Anabasis First he greaved his legs with greaves of good make, and fitted with ancle-clasps of silver; after this he donned the cuirass of the son of Aeacus, richly inlaid and studded. The Iliad They make use of light arms, which do not impede their agility, small coats of mail, bundles of arrows, and long lances, helmets and shields, and more rarely greaves plated with iron. The Description of Wales First upon his legs set he his greaves, beautiful, fastened with silver ankle-clasps; next upon his breast he donned the corslet of his brother Lykaon, and fitted it upon himself. The Iliad The critics are in the same quandary as to iron and bronze as traps them in the case of large shields, small bucklers, greaves, and corslets. Homer and His Age In these circumstances alone the heroes of the Iliad are unequipped, certainly, with bronze helmets, corslets, and bronze greaves. Homer and His Age First he girded his goodly greaves about his legs, making them fast with ankle-clasps of silver; and about his chest he set the breastplate which Cinyras had once given him as a guest-gift. The Iliad They did follow it as to chariots and shields; as to corslets and greaves they reversed it. Homer and His Age As regards armour, controversy is waged over the shield, corslet, and bronze greaves. Homer and His Age The three spies put on no corslets, as far as we can affirm, their object being to remain inconspicuous and unburdened with glittering bronze greaves and corslets. Homer and His Age Then why does he scout tradition in the matter of greaves and corslets, while he sometimes actually goes behind tradition to find Mycenaean things unknown to the original poets? Homer and His Age They pleased the critical warriors, on the other hand, by introducing the corslets and greaves which every military man of their late age possessed. Homer and His Age |
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