greave

Pronunciation: /ɡɹiːv/

The English word “greave” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

A bush; a tree; a grove.
A bough; a branch.
A ditch or trench.
A piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin, and occasionally the tops of the feet.

verb

To clean (a ship's bottom); to grave.

Etymology

From Middle English greve, from Old English grǣfe, grǣfa (“bush, bramble, grove, thicket, copse, brush-wood (for burning), fuel”). 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.

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