haute piece

== English == === Etymology === From French haute pièce. === Noun === haute piece (plural haute pieces) (rare) Synonym of passguard, neck guard (plate on shoulder-armor to protect neck) 1992, Peter Krenn, Walter J. Karcheski, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Imperial Austria: Treasures of Art, Arms & Armor from the State of Styria, Te Neues Publishing Group Field Armor of the “Maximilian” form (consisting of close helmet with rondel, collar, breastplate with folding lance-rest and riveted tassets, backplate, pauldrons with haute pieces, vambraces, and […] Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see haute,‎ piece. ==== Alternative forms ==== haute-piece