grand guard
grand guard noun: a piece of plate armor protecting one shoulder, side of the chest, and side of the neck (typically the left), during jousting, augmenting or replacing a pauldron.
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Noun
grand guard (plural grand guards)
- A piece of plate armor protecting one shoulder, side of the chest, and side of the neck (typically the left), during jousting, augmenting or replacing a pauldron.
- […] their horses, their lances, and every thing appertaining to the joust, that they might be ready on the day […] the rich bardes, the pleasant trapgardes, the grand guards, […]1846, Benjamin Williams, Chronicque de la traison et mort de Richart deux Roy d'Engleterre. Mise en lumiere ... avec les variantes et un glossaire par Benjamin Williams, page 231
- Since they have no horses, and mean to fight on foot, with sword and not jousting spears, they discard the heavy “grand guard” over the left shoulder, meant to receive (and break) a jouster's lance.2014, Garry Wills, Making Make-Believe Real: Politics as Theater in Shakespeare's Time, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 229
Forms of grand guard
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Questions about grand guard
- What does grand guard mean?
- Grand guard means a piece of plate armor protecting one shoulder, side of the chest, and side of the neck (typically the left), during jousting, augmenting or replacing a pauldron.
- What part of speech is grand guard?
- Grand guard is a noun.
- What is the plural of grand guard?
- The plural of grand guard is grand guards.
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