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garde-faude

/ˈɡɑɹd.(ə.)foʊd/

garde-faude noun: a tuille, a plate appended to a tasset to protect the thigh.

Noun

garde-faude

  1. (historical, uncommon) A tuille, a plate appended to a tasset to protect the thigh.
    • The garde-faudes, or tassettes (tuilles), which before were formed of a single piece, generally having the form[…]1870, Paul Lacombe, Arms and Armour in Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Also a Descriptive Notice of Modern Weapons, page 155
    • He removed and donned, with a servant's assistance, his golden breastplate and backplate, cannon, fan-plate, garde-faude, and great helm. He also grabbed his jewel studded bastard sword, and practiced swinging it in the air with both[…]2009 05, A. Jarrell Hayes, The Laroarian Conflict, A. Jarrell Hayes, →ISBN, page 109

Origin of garde-faude

From French gardes-des-faudes (related to English fauld).

Questions about garde-faude

What does garde-faude mean?
Garde-faude means a tuille, a plate appended to a tasset to protect the thigh.
What part of speech is garde-faude?
Garde-faude is a noun.
How do you pronounce garde-faude?
Garde-faude is pronounced /ˈɡɑɹd.(ə.)foʊd/.

Words near garde-faude in the dictionary

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

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