Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grand guard

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.51 in modern English

Syllables: grand -guard
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A piece of plate armor protecting one shoulder, side of the chest, and side of the neck (typically the left), during jousting, augmenting or replacing a pauldron.

Example Sentences

"[…] their horses, their lances, and every thing appertaining to the joust, that they might be ready on the day […] the rich bardes, the pleasant trapgardes, the grand guards, […]"
"Since they have no horses, and mean to fight on foot, with sword and not jousting spears, they discard the heavy “grand guard” over the left shoulder, meant to receive (and break) a jouster's lance."
"[…] a jousting shield, or grand guard, made by Desiderius Helmschmid and commissioned by Charles V, is signed and dated by Hopfer as ..."
"2017, Mackenzie Flohr, The Rite of Wands, BHC Press/Indigo On the field, Aindrias charged down the barrier towards his opponent, their lances shattering as each made contact with their gritted grand guards."

Inflected Forms

grand guards (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

gardbrace passguard

Questions

What does grand guard mean?: A piece of plate armor protecting one shoulder, side of the chest, and side of the neck (typically the left), during jousting, augmenting or replacing a pauldron.

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