passegarde
English
Etymology
French
Noun
passegarde (plural passegardes)
- A ridge or projecting edge on a shoulder piece to turn the blow of a lance or other weapon from the joint of the armour.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for passegarde in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)