arm guard

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arm guard - a pad worn by football players and hockey goalkeepers

arm pad

protective garment - clothing that is intended to protect the wearer from injury

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New Is the EZ Arm Guard, which keeps clothing tight against the arm for bowstring clearance.

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ASHLEY GILES broke his wrist in the nets because the arm guard he was wearing was too small.

CRICKET: THE BATTLE FOR THE ASHES: 2ND TEST, AT ADELAIDE OVAL: ARM GUARD TO BLAME FOR GILES' FREAK BREAK

His broken wrist could have been avoided if either he, or the management, had thought more quickly regarding the ordering of the elongated arm guard it was decided he needed, rather than the one of orthodox length he was wearing when Steve Harmison put him out of the Ashes tour with that sickening blow on his left wrist with the first ball Giles faced in the nets on Tuesday.