Passegarde: alternatives and connections

To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as…

A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court.

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt.

Having a movable joint or finger closing against a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be used for grasp…

A lump or mass, especially of earth, turf, or clay.

A short ridge connecting two higher elevations or mountains; the pass over such a ridge.

A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an…

A hole bored through a tenon nearer to the shoulder than the holes through the cheeks are to the edge or abutment against which the sh…

The shoulder of a bastion, or the place where its face and flank meet and form the angle, called the angle of the shoulder.

A shoulder ornament or badge worn by military and naval officers, differences of rank being marked by some peculiar form or device, as…

Having a feather-edge; also, having one edge thinner than the other, as a board; -- in the United States, said only of stuff one edge…

An ornamental appendage to the border of a piece of stuff, originally consisting of the ends of the warp, projecting beyond the woven…

A weapon formerly used, consisting of a large blade fixed on the end of a pole, whose edge was on the outside curve; also, a light lan…

A piece of armor, whether of chain mail or of plate, defending the throat and upper part of the breast, and forming a part of the doub…

The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder.

The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather, which…

An upward curve or very obtuse angle in the upper surface of any member, as of a timber laid horizontally; -- the opposite of camber.