English Explanatory Dictionary

passguard

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Word forms

passguard passguards

Etymology

From French passe-garde, used with the meaning "armor projecting up from a shoulder-piece" since a least the 1800s. It has been suggested that the application of the term (in both English and French) to neck guards is, however, an error, and that the original meaning was "elbow armor".

Synonyms

pasguard neck guard passegarde garde-collet haute piece pikeguard swordbreaker
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