brayette

== English == === Etymology === From French brayette or an earlier (Old or Middle French) form thereof. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɹæˈjɛt/ === Noun === brayette (plural brayettes) (historical) An item of armor (mail or plate) protecting the groin. Coordinate terms: paunce (“armor covering the abdomen”), tasse (“armor covering the upper legs”) 1895, Golden Gate Park Memorial Museum (San Francisco, Calif.), Guide to the Halls and Galleries of the Memorial Museum ..., page 87: 30071 Black Armor with Embossed White Stripes, about 1540 : Burgonet with upraising helmet-shade; gorget with pauldrons attached; breast-plate with tapul and great brayette; back-plate with loin-guard. ' Nuremberg mark. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʁɛ.jɛt/ ~ /bʁe.jɛt/ === Noun === brayette f (plural brayettes) fly (front slit-like opening of underpants)