Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

garde de rein

/ˈɡɑɹd də ɹɛn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.05 in modern English

Syllables: garde de rein
IPA: /ˈɡɑɹd də ɹɛn/

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An item of armor which hangs down from the backplate to protect the kidneys and buttocks.

Example Sentences

"A complete Suit of Plate Armour Consisting of the Helmet with rising Beaver and Gorget, the Cuirass with the Garde de Rein or Culettes, the Pouldrons or shoulder pieces, the Brassarts or vambraces for arms, the Groussets for the ..."
"... with a garde de rein of several overlapping pieces to protect behind from one hip to the other, and a similar guard in front, which Pere Daniel terms tassettes, a word of German imposition, from their covering the pockets ..."
"... and backplate with small garde de rein; pauldrons, coudrés rere and vambraces; mitten gauntlets with marked fingers; high gorget; tasses reaching to the knee; and unusually large palettes, the projecting spike in the centre ..."
"Suit of Armour, Pikeman, of the 17th century, consisting of casque, gorget, breast-piece, back-piece, and garde de rein."
"The Back-plate of blue Steel, with Culette or Garde de Rein attached."

Etymology

From French garde des reins.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: garde des reins

Synonyms

culet hoguine

Questions

How do you pronounce garde de rein?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɑɹd də ɹɛn/.
What does garde de rein mean?: An item of armor which hangs down from the backplate to protect the kidneys and buttocks.
Where does garde de rein come from?: It is traced to French.

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