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bras⋅sard

  [bras-ahrd, bruh-sahrd]
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–noun
1. a decorative cloth band, often braided or tasseled, worn around the upper arm, as by military personnel to signify a particular group, regiment, etc.
2. Also, brassart  [bras-ahrt, bruh-sahrt] . a piece of plate armor for the arm.
Origin:
1820–30; < F, equiv. to bras arm (see brace ) + -ard -ard
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bras·sard   (brə-särd', brās'ärd')   
n.  

  1. A band or badge worn around the upper arm.

  2. also bras·sart (brə-särt', brās'ärt') A piece of armor covering the arm, especially from elbow to shoulder.


[French, from Old French bras, arm, from Latin brācchium; see brachium.]
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