garde-faude

English

Etymology

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.