"pasguard" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: pasguards [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pasguard (plural pasguards)
  1. Alternative form of passguard (“L-shaped elbow armor”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: passguard (extra: L-shaped elbow armor) Categories (topical): Armor

Inflected forms

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          "text": "(ii) Pasguard (283). Derived from the old guard of the vambrace. A large wing-like reinforce for the left elbow, attached by a staple and pivot-hook. Some 19th-century writers mistakenly applied this term to the haute-piece.",
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          "text": "Specimen Number 6 This is the pasguard (extra reinforcing piece for the left arm for use in the tilt) from an armour made for Henry VIII about 1540 and now in Windsor Castle. The cross - section shows a mixture of ferrite and[…]",
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