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

  • 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.

    Bobby and Jackie

  • Yet another white-button-shirt paced in my direction, his green peace-brassard hanging loose.

    365 tomorrows » One Step Forward… : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day

  • 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.

    The Complete Stories

  • Personnel must wear a blue helmet liner or blue beret with UN badge, blue brassard or armband, shoulder patch, blue scarf, and identity card.

    FM 7-98 Chapter 4 - Peacekeeping

  • My right entered what had been his own right arm equally easily, but emerged from the damaged brassard, protected only at the shoulder.

    The Urth of the New Sun

  • 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.

    The Urth of the New Sun

  • He wore a belt to support a pouch, a brassard of authority, and, yes, a crucifix.

    A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows

  • He had merely added a brassard in the Ilian colors to the tunic that snugged around his stocky form.

    The Rebel Worlds

  • 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.

    The Past Through Tomorrow

  • 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.

    But, I Don't Think

  • 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.

    The Galloping Beaver

Note

The word 'brassard' comes from an Old French word meaning 'arm'.