bracer

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a protective covering for the wrist or arm that is used in archery and fencing and other sports
noun a tonic or restorative (especially a drink of liquor)

From Middle English bracer, from Old French braceure; equivalent to brace + -er.

"When I need a bracer most I can't have one." — What Will People Say? A Novel, Rupert Hughes
Gardebrace: French, “garde-bras,” an arm-shield; probably resembling the “gay bracer” which the Yeoman, in the Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, wears on his arm. — The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems, Geoffrey Chaucer
In prosperous times I have sometimes felt my fancy and powers of language flag, but adversity is to me at least a tonic and bracer; the fountain is awakened from its inmost recesses, as if the spirit of affliction had troubled it in his passage. — The Journal of Sir Walter Scott: From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford, Walter Scott

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