arm guard

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   a pad worn by football players and hockey goalkeepers

   Synonymsarm pad

   Broaderprotective garment

Questions about arm guard

What does arm guard mean?

arm guard means "a pad worn by football players and hockey goalkeepers".

What is another word for arm guard?

Close synonyms include arm pad. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is arm guard a common word?

arm guard is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.