Bible dictionaries
Greaves
What Bible dictionaries say about “Greaves”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Greaves - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)
Only in 1 Sam. 17:6, a piece of defensive armour (q.v.) reaching from the foot to the knee; from French greve, "the shin." They were the Roman cothurni.
Greaves - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
GREAVES, n. plu. greevz. Armor for the legs; a sort of boots.
l Sam.17.
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
grevz.
See ARMOR, ARMS, IV, 4.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915Smith’s Bible Dictionary
a piece of defensive armor which reached from the foot to the knee and thus protected the shin of the wearer. It was made of leather or brass.
William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3
The article in Smith