neck-guard
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.38 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "[…] of mail beneath the tassets would be compensated by the strong steel front of the saddle. The sollerets have the usual broad toes of the period. The pauldrons have the neck-guards already noticed, which, from actual suits […]"
- "To the left shoulder-piece or pauldron one of the upright neck-guards is still fixed by rivets. The breastplate is globose, and has a central ridge called the tapul. The arms are sheathed in rigid plates, […]"
- "The forms of the pauldrons, neck-guards, globose breast-plate, “bear-paw,” or “cow-mouth” sollerets (as they were called), tuilles, tassets, and bases all mark the period, which other historic features on the ..."