greave

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Etymology 1

From Middle English greve, from Old English grǣfe, grǣfa (“bush, bramble, grove, thicket, copse, brush-wood (for burning), fuel”), probably related to Proto-Germanic *grōbō (“ditch, hole”).

Cognate with Scots greve, greave (“grove”). Compare also Proto-Germanic *grainiz (“twig”), of unknown origin, whence Old Norse grein (“branch, bough”). Closely related to Old English grāf, grāfa (“grove”). See grove.

Noun

greave (plural greaves)

  1. (obsolete) A bush; a tree; a grove.
  2. (obsolete) A bough; a branch.

Etymology 2

From Middle English greve, greyve, from Old English grǣfa, grēfa (“pit, cave, hole, grave, trench”), from Proto-Germanic *grēbō, an ablaut variant of to *grōbō (“pit, ditch”) (whence doublet of groove) (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”). Cognate with North Frisian groop (“pit, sewer, gutter”), Dutch groef (“pit, hole, gutter”), German Grube (“pit, hole”), Icelandic gröf (“pit, grave”). Also related to grave.

Noun

greave (plural greaves)

  1. (obsolete) A ditch or trench.

Etymology 3

From Middle English greve, grayve, from Old French greve (“shin”), of uncertain origin; possibly from Egyptian Arabic جورب (“stocking, leg cover”).[1] Watkins suggests a connection with greve (“part in the hair”), due to the resemblance of the medial ridge to a part in the hair, from graver (“to part (the hair); engrave”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *graban (“to engrave”);[2] if so, related to Etymology 2 above.

Noun

greave (plural greaves)

  1. A piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin, and occasionally the tops of the feet.
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Etymology 4

From greaves (“residue left after animal fat has been rendered”).

Verb

greave (third-person singular simple present greaves, present participle greaving, simple past and past participle greaved)

  1. (nautical, transitive) To clean (a ship's bottom); to grave.

See also

  • greaves (“residue left after animal fat has been rendered”)

References

  1. ^ Klein, Dr. Ernest, A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, Amsterdam: Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., 1971.
  2. ^ “greave”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

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