pikeguard
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A passegarde (neck guard).
Example Sentences
- "[page 65:] The pikeguard has ceased, sollerets are the shape of the foot, and he wears a morion. The morion and cabasset were late sixteenth and seventeenth century […] [page 118:] The pauldrons, which are uneven in size, are surmounted by pikeguards; the left pauldron is the larger. These pieces consist of front and back plates, […]"
- "The pauldrons are single, and are fitted with high pikeguards to protect the neck from sidelong blows, the left side being the more carefully guarded."