A piece of armor that protected the upper arm and shoulder in medieval times.
From Old French 'brace' meaning arm or brace, combined with the diminutive suffix -et. This evolved from Latin 'bracchium' meaning arm.
Knights needed brassets because arrows and swords loved targeting the shoulders—it was one of the hardest spots to protect while still allowing arm movement, making it an engineer's puzzle in metal!
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