brassard

Borrowed from French brassard, from bras (“arm”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɹəˈsɑːd/

brassard (plural brassards)

1. (historical) An armor plate that protects the arm.
2. 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.

From bras +‎ -ard.

• IPA^(key): /bʁa.saʁ/

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brassard m (plural brassards)

1. armguard, brassard
2. armband
3. bracer

• “brassard” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).