"greaves" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɡɹivz/
Etymology: From Low German (compare German Low German Greev, Greve (“greaves”)), from Middle Low German grêve, from Old Saxon *griovo, from Proto-West Germanic *greubō (“roughage, brushwood, kindling”), the root of German Griebe (“greaves, crackling”). Possibly related to gruff. Also compare Old High German grob (“coarse”) (modern German grob). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|nds|-}} Low German, {{cog|nds-de|Greev}} German Low German Greev, {{der|en|gml|grêve}} Middle Low German grêve, {{der|en|osx|*griovo}} Old Saxon *griovo, {{der|en|gmw-pro|*greubō|t=roughage, brushwood, kindling}} Proto-West Germanic *greubō (“roughage, brushwood, kindling”), {{cog|de|Griebe|t=greaves, crackling}} German Griebe (“greaves, crackling”), {{cog|goh|grob|t=coarse}} Old High German grob (“coarse”), {{cog|de|grob}} German grob Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} greaves pl (plural only)
  1. The unmeltable residue left after animal fat has been rendered. Tags: plural, plural-only Related terms: graves [noun], greven [noun], gribenes [noun], grave [verb], greave [verb] Translations (residue from animal fat): пръжки (prǎžki) [feminine, plural] (Bulgarian), fedtegrever (Danish), kaantjes [plural] (Dutch), cretons [masculine, plural] (French), grattons [masculine, plural, singular] (French), roxóns [masculine, plural] (Galician), Grieben [feminine, plural] (German), Grammeln [Austria, Southern-Germany, feminine, plural, southern-Germany] (German), tepertő (Hungarian), töpörtyű (Hungarian), ciccioli [masculine, plural, singular] (Italian), џимиринка (džimirinka) [feminine] (Macedonian), пршка (prška) [feminine] (Macedonian), клиса (klisa) [feminine] (Macedonian), skwarka [feminine] (Polish), torresmo [masculine] (Portuguese), шква́рки (škvárki) [feminine, plural] (Russian), chicharrones [masculine, plural] (Spanish), grevar (Swedish)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ɡɹivz/
Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} greaves
  1. plural of greave Tags: form-of, plural Form of: greave
    Sense id: en-greaves-en-noun-QF1o-Co5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɹivz/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "greaves"
}

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