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pike-guard en · NOUN
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of pikeguard.
It is known as the K. D. suit from the enormous monogram stamped on the pike-guard of the left-shoulder.
1907, Albert Frederick Calvert, Spanish Arms and Armour: Being a Historical and Descriptive Account of the Royal Armoury of Madrid, page 76:The Pauldrons are invariably furnished with large pike-guards; the left differs from the right, which is hollowed […]
1970, Charles Henry Ashdown, British & Continental Arms and Armour, page 283:
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