garde-faude

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɑɹd.(ə.)foʊd/

Noun

garde-faude

  1. (historical, uncommon) A tuille, a plate appended to a tasset to protect the thigh.
    • 1870, Paul Lacombe, Arms and Armour in Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Also a Descriptive Notice of Modern Weapons, page 155:
      The garde-faudes, or tassettes (tuilles), which before were formed of a single piece, generally having the form 
    • 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 

Further reading

  • 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.
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