jambe

A leg, of an animal or person.

Lion's jambe, erased, grasping a laurel branch.

[Image of a human leg in armor.] Crest - A jambe, unarmed, excepting the spur, quarterly, or and sa.

Synonym of jambeau (“a greave”).

[…] cuissarts or cuisses were used to shield the thigh, and boots of steel called greaves or jambes were worn upon the leg between the ancle^([sic]) and the knee. We have no doubt that the jambes were found to act well as preserves, but we think at times the shin must have been sadly jammed in them.

The spurs are of the goad-form, and the spur-straps are partially covered by the greaves or jambes, which are so formed as to protect the instep and ankle-joints, and are ornamented round the lower edges with a row of studs.