Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

passe garde

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.47 in modern English

Syllables: passe -garde
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of passguard (“plate sticking up off shoulder-armor to protect the neck”).

Example Sentences

"The horizontal bands of armour called taces, depending from the corslet […] sometimes by the addition of a passe garde — a kind of high collar which protected the neck […]"
"They are all bare-headed, and wear ruffs round the throat. […] A.D. 1532, the passe gardes are of large size, and stand up from the pauldrons like […]"
"A narrow mail collar defends the knight's throat. […] while the passe garde on the left shoulder is higher, so as to protect the neck from a sweeping […]"

Inflected Forms

passe gardes (plural)

Questions

What does passe garde mean?: Alternative form of passguard (“plate sticking up off shoulder-armor to protect the neck”).

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