brassard

[ bras-ahrd, bruh-sahrd ]

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 [] a piece of plate armor for the arm.

brassard

/ ˈbræsət; ˈbræsɑːd /

noun

1. an identifying armband or badge
2. a piece of armour for the upper arm

Word History and Origins

Origin of brassard¹

1820–30; < French, equivalent to bras arm ( brace ) + -ard -ard

Word History and Origins

Origin of brassard¹

C19: from French, from bras arm, from Latin brachium

Example Sentences

So popular was the last-named corps that many fictitious members were soon arrested for bearing its brassard.

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Hazard alone discovered the brassard (armlet) plot, and the fidelity of Dombrowski disclosed that of Vaysset.

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One Brassard, who lived up the Murray River, seems to have been a frequent offender.

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As his left side was turned toward them, the enemy could perfectly see his brassard.

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One was an American soldier wearing a blue brassard with the white letters M. P.

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