garde rein
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.05 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "Garde rein, of four plates. Tassets, of three plates. Espaliers, of six plates. Coudes. Shell vambraces. Mitten gauntlets, with pointed cuff."
- "ARMOR Spanish This harness suggests an early period; nevertheless, judged from several details […] Back plate is formed of median and lateral elements: there are deep braconnière and garde reins, composed of four lames ..."
- "[…] is also laminated; it is made up of a large upper plate, two intermediate pieces, and a lowermost plate or garde reins. These elements are riveted together and made interflexible by the use of slotted grooves in which ..."
- "These have been denoted the garde rein or culet. Usually a skirt of mail or at least a mail brayette was worn under these defenses. The shoulders were protected by pauldrons of lames, overlapping from the bottom up."