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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Alternative form of passguard (“plate sticking up off shoulder-armor to protect the neck”)..
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[…]
There is a very instructive series of monumental efligies at Meissen, engraved by Hollis, of successive dukes of Saxony, showing the continuous advances in Albert, who died in 1500, wears the armet, pauldrons with passegardes,[…]
Springbuck turned from his second adversary after shearing through passegarde, pauldron and shoulder, just in time to see Bulf go against the commander of the enemy troops, an accomplished fighter who wore armor of ancient design ...
Passegardes, in ancient armor, were ridges on the shoulder-pieces to turn the blow of a lance.
Use passe garde when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Passe garde means Alternative form of passguard (“plate sticking up off shoulder-armor to protect the neck”)..
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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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