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The '''vambrace''' is a piece of defensive [[armour]] worn on the forearms. A modern term sometimes used to describe the same is lower cannon of the vambrace. They might be made of [[metal]], [[leather]] or other materials depending on the period and location. 

The term is also used to describe the combination of vambrace, [[couter]] and [[rerebrace]] when wearing full ''arm harness''. In addition the [[England|English]] would use the term [[bracer]] to refer to the same. These appear from the very early [[14th century]] and possibly late [[13th century|13th]].

They differ from the modern [[bracer]] which is used to protect the internal forearm against 'string slap' (where the string of a [[bow]] hits the inside of the forearm). 


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