Definition of brassart Brassart
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What does brassart mean?
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- brassart (n.)
Armor for the arm; -- generally used for the whole arm from the shoulder to the wrist, and consisting, in the 15th and 16th centuries, of many parts.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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brassart
In plate-armor, joined plates of steel which protected the upper part of the arm, from the elbow to the shoulder. When the front of the arm only was shielded, the pieces were called demi-brassarts.
