Definitions for brassards

brassards bras·sard

Spelling: [bras-ahrd, bruh-sahrd]
IPA: /ˈbræs ɑrd, brəˈsɑrd/

Brassards is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 132 anagrams from letters in brassards (aabdrrsss).

Definitions for brassards

noun

  1. a decorative cloth band, often braided or tasseled, worn around the upper arm, as by military personnel to signify a particular group, regiment, etc.
  2. Also, brassart [bras-ahrt, bruh-sahrt] /ˈbræs ɑrt, brəˈsɑrt/ (Show IPA). a piece of plate armor for the arm.

Origin of brassards

1820-30; French, equivalent to bras arm (see brace) + -ard -ard

Examples for brassards

He wore the Red Cross brassard on the sleeve of his cassock and he carried the Host in a little bag of purple silk.

Hazard alone discovered the brassard (armlet) plot, and the fidelity of Dombrowski disclosed that of Vaysset.

It took very little time to round them up, cut a cross in the hair on their backs and place a brassard round their ears.

So popular was the last-named corps that many fictitious members were soon arrested for bearing its brassard.

I declare I hardly dare go into the shops with the Red Cross brassard on my arm.

The soldier from whom his brassard was taken was considered dead.

One brassard, who lived up the Murray River, seems to have been a frequent offender.

As his left side was turned toward them, the enemy could perfectly see his brassard.

Word Value for brassards
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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