garde-faude

/ˈɡɑɹd.(ə.)foʊd/

noun

A tuille, a plate appended to a tasset to protect the thigh.

OriginFrench gardes-des-faudes →
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Meanings

noun
  1. historicaluncommonA tuille, a plate appended to a tasset to protect the thigh.

    The garde-faudes, or tassettes (tuilles), which before were formed of a single piece, generally having the form[…]

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

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

    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[…]

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

Origin

  1. Frenchgardes-des-faudes
  2. Englishgarde-faude

From French gardes-des-faudes (related to English fauld).

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APA

garde-faude. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garde-faude

MLA

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Chicago

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