English
garde-collet
Garde-collet comes from French garde-collet.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgarde-collet
- Englishearliest quotation 1874same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Frenchc. 1600–presentgarde-collet
- Englishearliest quotation 1874same form
Earliest quotation: 1874, Joseph Paul Lacombe: “These passe-gardes, or garde-collets, which sometimes are greatly elevated,…”
Every English word from French garde-collet
Today it means
noun Synonym of passguard, neck guard (plate on shoulder-armor to protect neck)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French garde-collet / garde-collet