brassard
Definitions
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- noun An insignia or band worn around the upper arm.
- noun An armor plate that protects the arm.
Examples
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An MP had left his black-and-white brassard; next to the brassard, a member of the Third Infantry had propped his buff strap and Old Guard cockade.
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Yet another white-button-shirt paced in my direction, his green peace-brassard hanging loose.
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He had a badge in his cap and on his arm a brassard with the royal escutcheon; he invariably honoured me with a stiff, military salute which increased my importance in the hotel at the expense of my reputation as an innocent and unofficial man of letters.
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Personnel must wear a blue helmet liner or blue beret with UN badge, blue brassard or armband, shoulder patch, blue scarf, and identity card.
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My right entered what had been his own right arm equally easily, but emerged from the damaged brassard, protected only at the shoulder.
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In a moment more, only a landing intervened, and I could see him well; his right arm was gone, and indeed appeared to have been torn away, for tattered remnants still dangled and bled from the polished brassard.
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He wore a belt to support a pouch, a brassard of authority, and, yes, a crucifix.
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He had merely added a brassard in the Ilian colors to the tunic that snugged around his stocky form.
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Mary was ready to leave in scant minutes but when they stepped out into the public hall they met a man whose brassard and hypo kit marked him as a proctor.
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Around his arm was a golden brassard indicating that he was contracted to a Class One, and in his pocket was a carefully forged card indicating the same thing.
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It also states that in such instances the the wearer must display a brassard on the left arm indicating the wearer's affiliation accompanied by the block letters CIVILIAN NON-COMBATANT.
Note
The word 'brassard' comes from an Old French word meaning 'arm'.