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gardebras

/ˈɡɑɹd.ə.bɹɑ/

gardebras noun: a piece of armor which protects the arm.

Noun

gardebras (plural gardebras)

  1. A piece of armor which protects the arm.
    • The gardebras here probably implies the whole armour for the arms, consisting of pauldrons, brassarts, elbow-pieces, and vambraces, though there is a gardebras of the more antient kind so formed as to screw on the bridle-arm […]1842, S.R. Meyrick, A Critical Inquiry Into Antient Armour, […] , page 4
    • The Bishop's silver-gilt "wardebras," the gardebras, or bracer, to protect the left arm, was of singularly costly material.1851, The Archaeological Journal: […] , page 84

Forms of gardebras

pluralgardebras

Origin of gardebras

Either borrowed from (Middle) French garde-bras, gardebras, or modified (under the influence of that word) from Middle English garbrasse, itself from that (Middle) French word.

Questions about gardebras

What does gardebras mean?
Gardebras means a piece of armor which protects the arm.
What part of speech is gardebras?
Gardebras is a noun.
How do you pronounce gardebras?
Gardebras is pronounced /ˈɡɑɹd.ə.bɹɑ/.
What is the plural of gardebras?
The plural of gardebras is gardebras.

Words near gardebras in the dictionary

  1. garde-robes
  2. Gardea
  3. Gardeas
  4. gardebrace
  5. gardebraces
  6. gardebras
  7. garded
  8. gardee
  9. gardees
  10. Gardel
  11. Gardella

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