Citations:garde-faude

English citations of garde-faude

"the tuille or large plate appended to the tassets", guarding the thigh /ˈɡɑɹd.(ə.)foʊd/, from French (also gardes-des-faudes); in Old French faude is "fauld"

mentions:

• 1918, Edward Samuel Farrow, A Dictionary of Military Terms, page 253:

  Garde-faude. Over the flanks, on each side of the figure, to the faudes or taces was appended a plate or small shield, called a garde-faude.

• 1947, R. B. Whiffen, The Art Collector's and Chattel Auctioneer's Handbook: For the Use of Those Interested in the Fine and Applied Arts, Skilled Crafts, Etc., with Dictionary of General Terms:

  Garde-Faude - A kind of skirt hanging below the tassets.

• 1975, Costume and Fashion in Colour, 1550-1760, Poole : Blandford Press:

  These were called garde-faude, tuille or tassets.

uses:

• 1870, Paul Lacombe, Arms and Armour in Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Also a Descriptive Notice of Modern Weapons, page 155:

  These passe-gardes, or garde-collets, which sometimes are greatly elevated, distinguish the armour of the […] The garde-faudes, or tassettes (tuilles), which before were formed of a single piece, generally having the form […]

• 1956, Institute of Renaissance Studies, Ashland Studies in Shakespeare: A Book of Articles, Bibliographies, Prints, and Drafts for Projects, Designed to be Background Material for Lectures in the Renaissance Institute Conducted in Connection with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival of 1956:

  The kilt pieces were called faudes in France; in England their name was taces or tassets. Occasionally an extra plate depended from them, as guard for the muscular ridge of the thigh — the garde-faude (in England, tuille).

• 2009 05, A. Jarrell Hayes, The Laroarian Conflict, A. Jarrell Hayes, →ISBN, page 109:

  He removed and donned, with a servant's assistance, his golden breastplate and backplate, cannon, fan-plate, garde-faude, and great helm. He also grabbed his jewel studded bastard sword, and practiced swinging it in the air with both […]

• 2013 June 5, Bob Carruthers, Medieval Warfare, Pen and Sword, →ISBN, page 195:

  Over the flanks, on each side of the figure, to the faudes or taces was appended a small shield, or garde-faude, which would cover the front of the thigh, and, being secured by only buckles and straps, would allow free movement to the […]