Crossword clues for brassard
The Collaborative International Dictionary
brassard \brassard\ n. an armor plate that protects the arm.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context historical English) An armor plate that protects the arm. 2 An insignia or band worn around the upper arm.
WordNet
n. armor plate that protects the arm
Wikipedia
A brassard or armlet is an armband or piece of cloth or other material worn around the upper arm; the term typically refers to an item of uniform worn as part of military uniform or by police or other uniformed persons. Unit, role or rank badges or other insignia are carried on it instead of being stitched into the actual clothing. The brassard, when spread out, may be roughly rectangular in shape, where it is worn merely around the arm; it may also be a roughly triangular shape, in which case the brassard is also attached to a shoulder strap. The term is originally French, deriving from bras meaning "arm".
Brassards are also used with the uniforms of organizations which are not military but which are influenced by and styled upon the military, such as police, emergency services, volunteer services, or militaristic societies and political parties.
A brassard is often used:
- to temporarily attach insignia, such as rank, to clothing not normally bearing insignia (such as civilian clothing or a military mechanic's coveralls);
- to temporarily attach insignia to a uniform for a limited time, such as the insignia for an "officer of the day" or "duty officer"; or for uniforms expected to have a high turnover of either wearer or insignia borne, such as those of cadets or other youth organizations. Brassards worn by military police and Red Cross personnel fall under this category.
Brassard (also "brassart" or "brasset") is also used to refer to pieces of armour worn to cover the entire arm (encompassing vambrace, rerebrace, and possibly a couter).
Brassard is a surname. It may have derived from brassard, an armband used as an item of military uniform. Notable individuals with the surname include:
- Augustin Brassard (born 1922), Canadian politician
- Derick Brassard (born 1987), Canadian ice hockey player
- François Brassard (1908–1976), Canadian musician
- Gilles Brassard, Canadian computer scientist
- Fernando Brassard, (born 1971), former Portuguese footballer
- Jacques Brassard (born 1940), Canadian politician
- Jean-Luc Brassard (born 1972), Canadian freestyle skier
- Pierre Brassard (born 1966), Canadian actor
- Roy Brassard (1930–2008), Canadian politician
- Vincent Brassard (born 1919), Canadian politician
Usage examples of "brassard".
Keith Brassard and living in Cheshire Point with her ermine coat and her sable coat and her chinchilla wrap, with a big solid house and heavy furniture and charge accounts.
I hoped the conversation with Brassard was serious to take his mind off me.
As well as I could figure it, Brassard had come running to Atlantic City with a cargo of heroin.
Treger had a solid reputation for honesty-among-thieves and all that, but with that big a bundle hanging fire Brassard was undoubtedly suspicious.
Treger in turn would convince Brassard that he had better rackets under his thumb than petty larceny.
I was a wise guy who wanted to kill Brassard and wind up with his wife.
It made it a little more certain Brassard was in the business, but I already knew that.
Keith Brassard, Lord Of the Dope Trade, and replaced it with the illusion of complete respectability.
I thought about Brassard looking out the window, seeing me, and coming out with a gun of his own.
There was nothing to link me to Brassard, nothing to make the cops think of me in the first place or.
Lester Keith Brassard of 341 Roscommon Drive, 52-year-old importer with offices in lower Manhattan.
Homicide had managed to figure out that Lester Keith Brassard was an importer of more than cigarette lighters.
Each time I asked first for Mrs, Brassard, then asked if she had a reservation there.
I shot holes in Keith Brassard because I wanted his wife, not his money.
Not because killing Brassard had been difficult, or frightening, or even dangerous.