Armor that covers the legs, particularly the upper leg or thigh, worn by medieval knights.
From Old French 'jambe' meaning leg, derived from Latin 'gamba'. The suffix '-eux' is Old French. The term refers specifically to the protective leg armor that became more sophisticated during the 14th and 15th centuries.
Medieval armor makers had to get really creative with leg protection because legs are hard to cover without making soldiers completely immobile. Giambeux represented a major engineering breakthrough that let knights actually move in battle!
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