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発音

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑɹd(ə)kɔleɪ̯/, /ɡɑɹd(ə)kɔlɛt/

名詞

garde-collet (複数形 garde-collets)

1. (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

• 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.