garde-collet
English
editEtymology
editFrom French garde-collet.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgarde-collet (plural garde-collets)
- (rare) Synonym of passguard, neck guard (plate on shoulder-armor to protect neck)
- 1874, Joseph Paul Lacombe, Arms and Armour in antiquity and the Middle Ages ... Translated ... and with a preface, notes, and one additional chapter on arms and armour in England, by C. Boutell, page 155:
- These passe-gardes, or garde-collets, which sometimes are greatly elevated, distinguish the armour of the reigns of Charles VIII., Louis XII., and Francis I., of France (severally, A.D. 1483 to 1496; 1496 to 1515 […] ).
- 1881, Asiatic Society of Japan, Transactions, page 267:
- They act as a support by means of which the armour is hung from the shoulders. In some old suits of armour two stiff crescent-shaped pieces are fixed to the top of the Wata-gami, forming a sort of "garde collet." They are omitted in the later armour, together with other appurtenances, such as […]
- 1960, An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Caernarvonshire: I East: the Cantref of Arllechwedd and the Commote of Creuddyn, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, page 79:
- […] his neck is protected by a standard of mail, and the cusped pauldrons are surmounted by garde-collets; the coudes and genouillieres are also cusped and have butterfly roundel extensions; on his feet are broad sabbatons with spurs.
Further reading
edit- 2013, Mary Brooks Picken, The Language of Fashion Dictionary and Digest of Fabric, Sewing and Dress, Read Books Ltd, →ISBN:
- gardecollet (gärdkŏl′ĕt; gard coll et). In ancient armor, ridge on the PAULDRON to protect the neck.
French
editPronunciation
editNoun
editgarde-collet m (plural garde-collets)
- Synonym of passe-garde (“plate on shoulder-armor to protect neck”)
- 1873, Rene comte de Belleval, La panoplie du XVe au XVIIIe siecle, page 21:
- La passe-garde ou garde-collet.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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