Noun: brassard
| Singular | brassard |
| Plural | brassards |
Sample Sentences
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Muslims found not wearing the white brassards as prescribed by the army were simply despatched on the spot. [1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 26:]
Nouns inflected like brassard
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from French brassard, from bras (“arm”). The form brasset is attested since at least 1676 (Scots brassat is attested since 1590); brassart since at least 1736, brassard since at least 1788. See: French Nouns '
brassard'.