"pike-guard" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1907, Albert Frederick Calvert, Spanish Arms and Armour: Being a Historical and Descriptive Account of the Royal Armoury of Madrid, page 76",
          "text": "It is known as the K. D. suit from the enormous monogram stamped on the pike-guard of the left-shoulder.",
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        {
          "ref": "1970, Charles Henry Ashdown, British & Continental Arms and Armour, page 283",
          "text": "The Pauldrons are invariably furnished with large pike-guards; the left differs from the right, which is hollowed […]",
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        "Alternative form of pikeguard"
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1907, Albert Frederick Calvert, Spanish Arms and Armour: Being a Historical and Descriptive Account of the Royal Armoury of Madrid, page 76",
          "text": "It is known as the K. D. suit from the enormous monogram stamped on the pike-guard of the left-shoulder.",
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          "text": "The Pauldrons are invariably furnished with large pike-guards; the left differs from the right, which is hollowed […]",
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