pikeguard
pikeguard noun: a passegarde (neck guard).
Noun
pikeguard (plural pikeguards)
- A passegarde (neck guard).
- [page 65:] The pikeguard has ceased, sollerets are the shape of the foot, and he wears a morion. The morion and cabasset were late sixteenth and seventeenth century […]
[page 118:] The pauldrons, which are uneven in size, are surmounted by pikeguards; the left pauldron is the larger. These pieces...1900, Robert Coltman Clephan, The Defensive Armour and the Weapons and Engines of War of Mediæval Times: And of the "Renaissance" - The pauldrons are single, and are fitted with high pikeguards to protect the neck from sidelong blows, the left side being the more carefully guarded.1913, Herbert Walter Macklin, The Brasses of England, page 218
- [page 65:] The pikeguard has ceased, sollerets are the shape of the foot, and he wears a morion. The morion and cabasset were late sixteenth and seventeenth century […]
Forms of pikeguard
| plural | pikeguards |
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Questions about pikeguard
- What does pikeguard mean?
- Pikeguard means a passegarde (neck guard).
- What part of speech is pikeguard?
- Pikeguard is a noun.
- What is the plural of pikeguard?
- The plural of pikeguard is pikeguards.
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