cest

cest — noun

1. a heavy leather band or glove worn by fighters in ancient Greece and Rome, wrapp

1.名詞
釋義

a heavy leather band or glove worn by fighters in ancient Greece and Rome, wrapped around the hand and forearm and often fitted with metal studs or spikes for greater force during combat.

例句

Before the match, the gladiator wrapped the leather cest around his forearm.

collocation: wrap the cest around

Ancient Greek boxers wore a cest of oxhide to make their punches far stronger.

collocation: cest of oxhide

同義詞
  • cestus

    the more common full-length form of the same word; 'cest' is a shortened variant

  • caestus

    the Latin spelling, used in scholarly historical texts to distinguish the boxing glove from the girdle meaning

文法句型

the cest

a leather cest

用法筆記

This word is now considered archaic or historical. In modern contexts it appears almost exclusively in writing about ancient Greek or Roman sports and combat. The longer form cestus (pronounced /ˈsɛstəs/) is more common in English texts.

常見錯誤

❌The athlete put on his cest before the boxing match.
✅The ancient Greek boxer wrapped the cest around his forearms.
💡'cest' is a historical term for ancient equipment, not a modern boxing glove.