Brassard vs Brassart - What's the difference?
brassard | brassart |
(historical) An armor plate that protects the arm.
An insignia or band worn around the upper arm.
*1977 , (Alistair Horne), A Savage War of Peace , New York Review Books 2006, p. 26:
*:Muslims found not wearing the white brassards as prescribed by the army were simply despatched on the spot.
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