schynbald

Meaning

Noun

• A piece of plate armor (from the 1200s to the 1400s) for the lower leg (shin), a metal plate, often strapped over mail or padding, now especially one which did not completely enclose the lower leg like a greave.

Origin

• From Middle English schynbalde, schynbawde, from shin. The second element may be baldrel, baudrel.