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gardebras en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡɑɹd.ə.bɹɑ/

Etymology

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.

Meanings

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:
   • The gardebras was a separate piece which overlaid and protected the junctures of the armor at the shoulder and elbow. 1884, Jacques de Mailles, The Very Joyous, Pleasant and Refreshing History of the Feats, Exploits, Triumphs and Atchievements of the Good Knight Without Fear and Without Reproach, the Gentle Lord de Bayard, page 250:

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