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noun armor plate that protects the arm
originBorrowed 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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0