pas d'âne

[ pah dahn ]
noun,plural pas d'âne.

  1. a pair of rings set below and at right angles to the quillons of a sword as a guard for the forefinger.

Origin of pas d'âne

1
<French: a guard on a hilt, literally, ass's step

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