Meaning of neck-guard | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

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“[…] of mail beneath the tassets would be compensated by the strong steel front of the saddle. The sollerets have⟳ the usual broad toes of the period. The pauldrons have⟳ the neck-guards already noticed, which, from actual suits […]”

“To the left shoulder-piece or pauldron one of the upright neck-guards is still fixed by rivets. The breastplate is globose, and has a central ridge called the tapul. The arms are sheathed in rigid plates, […]”

“The forms of the pauldrons, neck-guards, globose breast-plate, “bear-paw,” or “cow-mouth” sollerets (as they were called), tuilles, tassets, and bases all mark⟳ the period, which other historic features on the ...”

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