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Se había sentado en el sofá del salón, y se había desabrochado las rodilleras.
She had seated herself on the living room couch and was unbuckling her greaves.
Vinieron a continuación las grebas, para proteger las piernas; las rodilleras, para las rodillas, y los escarpines herrados, sujetos a las grebas.
Next came the greaves to protect Sir John’s calves, and the roundels for his knees, and the plate-covered boots that were buckled to the greaves.
También su peto estaba esmaltado de azul, al igual que sus rodilleras, codales, grebas y gola.
His breastplate was enameled blue as well, as were his poleyns, couter, greaves, and gorget.
El cabecilla la encaró. Tenía un brazalete con una serpiente enroscada y grebas con caras de mujer grabadas sobre las rodilleras;
The leading Thracian confronted her. He wore an arm-bracelet of a triple-coiled snake, and greaves with women’s faces embossed upon the kneecaps.
En una mesa, al lado de la armadura, había una cota de malla de bronce forrada de napa, y unas calzas de malla con rodilleras de bronce.
Gauntlets there were, scaled and hinged, and greaves. Upon the table before the armour lay a bronze-ringed mail-shirt lined with softest leather, and mail leggings with bronze hinged kneecaps.
Casi se esperaba un baño de sangre y cadáveres sobre la arena, ni siquiera había confiado en que aquellas grebas y rodilleras perteneciesen a un hombre aún vivo hasta que había visto aquel movimiento tan ligero y normal.
She had half expected a bloodbath and bodies in the sand—she had not even trusted those greaves and knee poleyns to belong to a still-living man until she had seen the faint, ordinary movement.
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