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haute-piece

haute-piece is the alternative form of haute piece.

Meaning of haute piece

Noun

haute piece (plural haute pieces)

  1. (rare) Synonym of passguard, neck guard (plate on shoulder-armor to protect neck)
    • The elbow pieces are modest in size, well-jointed and practical in appearance. The shoulders are well protected and the haute pieces high, particularly on the left side. The sabatons are rounded […]1976, Middlesex Archaeological Society, Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society, London
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see haute, piece.
    • Over the last five years, Japanese photographer Shoichi Aoki documented these fashion mavens, who combine haute pieces with homemade accessories, and printed them in ...2001, CMJ New Music Monthly, page 23

Forms of haute-piece

pluralhaute-pieces

Questions about haute-piece

What is haute-piece the alternative form of?
Haute-piece is the alternative form of haute piece.

Words near haute-piece in the dictionary

  1. haute-contre
  2. Haute-Corse
  3. Haute-Garonne
  4. Haute-Loire
  5. Haute-Marne
  6. haute-piece
  7. haute-pieces
  8. Haute-Savoie
  9. Haute-Saône
  10. Haute-Vienne
  11. hauter

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