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greaves  (grvz)
pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
The unmelted residue left after animal fat has been rendered.
[From Low German greven.]
greaves [griːvz]
pl n
(Chemistry) the residue left after the rendering of tallow
[from Low German greven; related to Old High German griubo]
Greaves [griːvz]
n
(Biographies / Greaves, Jimmy (1940 M, English, SPORT AND GAMES: footballer, FILMS AND TV: television commentator) Jimmy. born 1940, English footballer and television commentator on the sport
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Noun1.greaves - the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered
crackling
residue - matter that remains after something has been removed
Translations
greaves
pl (Cook) → Grieben pl


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There was a steel head-piece, a cuirass, a gorget and greaves, with a pair of gauntlets and a sword hanging beneath; all, and especially the helmet and breastplate, so highly burnished as to glow with white radiance, and scatter an illumination everywhere about upon the floor.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
Greaves must be very particular in keeping her accounts; we must go upon an entirely new plan - '
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Bronte, Anne View in context
The Count Luigi raised money, like the rest, and one mild September morning, armed with battle-ax, portcullis and thundering culverin, he rode through the greaves and bucklers of his donjon-keep with as gallant a troop of Christian bandits as ever stepped in Italy.
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