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garde-collets

garde-collets is the plural of garde-collet.

Meaning of garde-collet

Noun

garde-collet (plural garde-collets)

  1. (rare) Synonym of passguard, neck guard (plate on shoulder-armor to protect neck)
    • These passe-gardes, or garde-collets, which sometimes are greatly elevated, distinguish the armour of the reigns of Charles VIII., Louis XII., and Francis I., of France (severally, A.D. 1483 to 1496; 1496 to 1515 […]).1874, Joseph Paul Lacombe, Arms and Armour in antiquity and the Middle Ages ... Translated ... and with a preface, notes, and one additional chapter on arms and armour in England, by C. Boutell, page...

Questions about garde-collets

What is garde-collets the plural of?
Garde-collets is the plural of garde-collet.

Words near garde-collets in the dictionary

  1. garde de rein
  2. garde manger
  3. garde rein
  4. garde reins
  5. garde-collet
  6. garde-collets
  7. garde-faude
  8. garde-robe
  9. garde-robes
  10. Gardea
  11. Gardeas

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