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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Alternative form of passguard (“plate sticking up off shoulder-armor to protect the neck”)..
A brass of a knight of the Cuttes family in Arkesdon church, Essex (1410), is a good example of what may be termed the development of épaulières into pauldrons. Passe-gardes, generally applied to 'Maximilian' armour, are really to be found occasionally much earlier, as an example in Southerly church (1479) shows. The Beauchamp brass figure at Warwick (1439) shows the passe-garde, but the general character of the armor indicates a later date of make.
In this ridging for neck defence occurred the first idea of passe-gardes or pike-guards, an innovation which in different forms was in vogue during the […] […] The pauldron and its passe-garde or pike-guard is well shown upon a suit of […]
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Passe-garde means Alternative form of passguard (“plate sticking up off shoulder-armor to protect the neck”)..
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A brass of a knight of the Cuttes family in Arkesdon church, Essex (1410), is a good example of what may be termed the development of épaulières into pauldrons. Passe-gardes, generally applied to 'Maximilian' armour, are really to be found occasionally much earlier, as an example in Southerly church (1479) shows. The Beauchamp brass figure at Warwick (1439) shows the passe-garde, but the general character of the armor indicates a later date of make.
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