rerebrace

Questions about rerebrace

What does rerebrace mean?

rerebrace means "cannon that provides plate armor for the upper arm".

How many syllables are in rerebrace?

rerebrace has 3 syllables and divides as re-re-brace under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for rerebrace?

Close synonyms include upper cannon. 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 rerebrace a common word?

rerebrace 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.