jambeau

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒæm.boʊ/

The English word “jambeau” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

A piece of armour for the leg (especially below the knee), a greave.
Any of the spikefishes of the genus Parahollardia.

Etymology

From Middle English iambeau(s) (compare jamber), from an Anglo-Norman [Term?] derivative of Old French jambe (“leg”): compare Old French jambiere. See jamb (noun). Compare lamboy(s).

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