brassard

• “A month ago he would have had doubts about the meaning of "brassard"; now it seemed to be the very keyword for national organisation.”

  Mr. Britling Sees It Through

• “An MP had left his black-and-white brassard; next to the brassard, a member of the Third Infantry had propped his buff strap and Old Guard cockade.”

  Simon & Schuster: Bobby and Jackie

• “Please let me know what you think, thanks theresa brassard”

  ON THE RADAR: Tuesday

• “Yet another white-button-shirt paced in my direction, his green peace-brassard hanging loose.”

  365 tomorrows » One Step Forward… : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day

• “He had a badge in his cap and on his arm a brassard with the royal escutcheon; he invariably honoured me with a stiff, military salute which increased my importance in the hotel at the expense of my reputation as an innocent and unofficial man of letters.”

  The Complete Stories

• “They fired at the men who were bearing off the wounded in litters; they fired at the doctors who came to the front, and at the chaplains who started to hold burial service; the conspicuous Red Cross brassard worn by all of these non-combatants, instead of serving as a protection, seemed to make them the special objects of the guerilla fire.”

  The Rough Riders

• “Personnel must wear a blue helmet liner or blue beret with UN badge, blue brassard or armband, shoulder patch, blue scarf, and identity card.”

  FM 7-98 Chapter 4 - Peacekeeping

• “My right entered what had been his own right arm equally easily, but emerged from the damaged brassard, protected only at the shoulder.”

  The Urth of the New Sun

• “In a moment more, only a landing intervened, and I could see him well; his right arm was gone, and indeed appeared to have been torn away, for tattered remnants still dangled and bled from the polished brassard.”

  The Urth of the New Sun

• “He wore a belt to support a pouch, a brassard of authority, and, yes, a crucifix.”

  A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows

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