Meaning

Alternative form of brassard (“armour for the arm”)..

Definitions by Sense

1. Alternative form of brassard (“armour for the arm”).
2. (historical) A casque or armour covering for the head; a helmet.

Example Sentences

Under their veſts they had coats of mail and braſſets, and little morions in form of caps upon their heads, with viſors; and were perfectly well dreſſed […]

Figure 21 is another defensive arm, consisting of a brasset, with its gantlet.

The duke rushed between them, and aimed a stroke at the assailant's helmet, who parried the blow; and the sabre, which had been directed against the Marshal de Rieux, fell on the arm of the Duke of Orleans. It pierced his brasset, and the blood flowed from the wound: his sword fell from his powerless grasp.

A breastplate; to which were generally added the gorget or collar around the throat, the back-piece, and brassets or sleeves, forming altogether a complete vest of steel covering the upper part of the body.

This object was a brasset of Milan, or, in less technical language, a long gauntlet, composed of the glove and wrist-plate, articulated together, and of the iron sheath intended to cover the fore-arm.

These brassets, truth to tell, May look uncommon well, But in a fight They're much too tight, They're like a lobster shell!

He handles a brasset: a visored helmet and sword lie on the ground.

After some fumbling he got rid of the brassets on his forearms and their attached gauntlets, and then the cuirass with its little chain sleeves.

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When Should You Use Brasset?

Use brasset when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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