Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gardebras

/ˈɡɑɹd.ə.bɹɑ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: garde-bras
IPA: /ˈɡɑɹd.ə.bɹɑ/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A piece of armor which protects the arm.

Example Sentences

"The gardebras here probably implies the whole armour for the arms, consisting of pauldrons, brassarts, elbow-pieces, and vambraces, though there is a gardebras of the more antient kind so formed as to screw on the bridle-arm […]"
"The Bishop's silver-gilt "wardebras," the gardebras, or bracer, to protect the left arm, was of singularly costly material."
"The gardebras was a separate piece which overlaid and protected the junctures of the armor at the shoulder and elbow."

Etymology

Either borrowed from (Middle) French garde-bras, gardebras, or modified (under the influence of that word) from Middle English garbrasse, itself from that (Middle) French word.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: garde-bras, garbrasse

Frequently Paired Words

gardbrace

Questions

How do you pronounce gardebras?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɑɹd.ə.bɹɑ/.
What does gardebras mean?: A piece of armor which protects the arm.
Where does gardebras come from?: It is traced to French.

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