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Meaning of passe garde | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“The horizontal bands of armour called taces, depending from the corslet […] sometimes by the addition of a passe garde — a kind of high collar which protected the neck […]”

“They are all bare-headed, and wear ruffs round the throat. […] A.D. 1532, the passe gardes are of large size, and stand up from the pauldrons like […]”

“A narrow mail collar defends the knight's throat. […] while the passe garde on the left shoulder is higher, so as to protect the neck from a sweeping […]”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

passe-dix passe-garde Passe-partout Passed passed ball passed master