Greaves is valid Scrabble Word

Is greaves a scrabble word?
Official Scrabble Players Dictionary YES
Official Tournament and Club Word List YES
Collins Scrabble Words YES
Is greaves valid Words with Friends?
Words with Friends YES

7 letters word
11 points in Scrabble
13 points in WWF

Definitions for GREAVES in dictionary:

VERB:

GREAVE, to feel grief, also GRIEVE

PLURAL NOUN:

residue left after the rendering of tallow

NOUN:

a piece of armour used to protect the shin.
The sediment of melted tallow. It is made into cakes for dogs\' food. In Scotland it is called cracklings.
the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

a piece of armor for the leg

Words related to GREAVES

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How to use GREAVES in a sentence

The greaves were of bronze or brass, with a lining of leather or felt, and reached above the knees.
But as soon as they began to retreat, out rushed upon them from within a host of fellows, armed with wicker shields and lances, greaves and Paphlagonian helmets.
Some pieces in the British Magazine, comprehending the whole of Sir Launcelot Greaves.
These were then once more exposed to the deadly missiles, which pierced alike through shield and breast-plate and greaves, and inflicted the most fearful wounds.
They wore helmets on their heads, coats of mail about their bodies, and greaves on their legs.
And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.
Greaves, of the Lancashire Fusiliers, who was acting as war-correspondent to a newspaper.
And he made a strong helmet to go on the head and shining greaves to wear on the ankles.
The panoply of the regular infantry consisted of a long spear, of a shield, helmet, breastplate, greaves, and short sword.
Young Greaves was left an orphan, but had a kind master and a good education.

Finding himself driven to the calling of piracy, Greaves became very efficient, and quickly rose to eminence.
Greaves now entered a period of the highest piratical success, but always preserved very strictly his reputation for humanity and morality.
He was cast into a dungeon to await execution, when the great earthquake came which destroyed and submerged the town in 1680, and one of the few survivors was Greaves.
And planting his cross-bow in the ground with his foot, he shot an arrow which split one of her greaves and wounded her in the thigh.
The third class had the same armor as the second, excepting that they could not wear greaves for the protection of their legs.
Greaves of bronze, like those of the Homeric heroes, protected their legs in battle.
Quick, bring my spear, My greaves, and armor, bulwark against stones.
The weight of his greaves righted him while he was in the air.
It seemed that the young Roman had stripped off his helmet, breast-plate and greaves to ride less encumbered or to appear less warlike.
Greaves of beauteous fashioning he placed upon his legs, and fastened them with silver ankle-clasps.

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