jambeau

== English == === Alternative forms === giambeu [16th c.] === 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). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒæm.boʊ/ === Noun === jambeau (plural jambeaus or jambeaux) (historical, chiefly in the plural) A piece of armour for the leg (especially below the knee), a greave. [14th–16th c.] Synonyms: jamber, jamb, jambe, jambart For more quotations using this term, see Citations:jambeau. Any of the spikefishes of the genus Parahollardia.