Passguard

Quick meaning: Passguard is a noun meaning A ridge or an additional plate on a shoulder piece, to turn the blow of a weapon away from the neck or joint of the armor.

Meaning

A ridge or an additional plate on a shoulder piece, to turn the blow of a weapon away from the neck or joint of the armor.

More Meanings

1. (historical) An L-shaped piece of armor worn over one arm (typically the left arm), which generally kept it in a bent position and protected it during jousts.

Example Sentences

-Cuirass rounded and projecting

The passguard is much larger than that worn in jousting at the tilt, reaching nearly to the left shoulder.

[…] fastened to it by a clasp at the back and a linch pin in front; the passguard, or elbow-piece; and the bridle-gauntlet.

Epaulières re-appear on the shoulders, but pauldrons are also used, with the inner parts turned up: these are called passguards. The coutes are larger than we often have them at this period. […]

Word Forms

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Synonyms for passguard

Depending on context, synonyms include pasguard, passegarde, garde-collet, pikeguard, swordbreaker.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pasguard, passegarde, passe-garde, grandguard, armguard, crossguard.

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