bracer

Questions about bracer

What does bracer mean?

bracer means "a protective covering for the wrist or arm that is used in archery and fencing and other sports". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bracer?

bracer has 2 syllables: bra-cer. The stress falls on "bra". In IPA it is /ˈbɹeɪsɚ/.

What is another word for bracer?

Close synonyms include armguard, pick-me-up. 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 bracer a common word?

bracer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.