What does "passegarde" mean?

Alternative form of passguard (“plate sticking up off shoulder-armor to protect the neck”).

What is a synonym for "passegarde"?

Common synonyms include: passguard.

Passegarde

noun

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Alternative form of passguard (“plate sticking up off shoulder-armor to protect the neck”). alt-of, alternative
"The shoulder-plates (Achselstücke), with or without passegardes (Ränder). The palettes (Achselhöhlscheiben), which protected the armpits, and whose use does not date farther back than the middle of the fifteenth century[…]"

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passguard

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"The shoulder-plates (Achselstücke), with or without passegardes (Ränder). The palettes (Achselhöhlscheiben), which protected the armpits, and whose use does not date farther back than the middle of the fifteenth century[…]"

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