dont le chef de brigade ou de division ceint les feuilles

English translation: whose leaves the brigade or division commander bears/wears

06:54 Sep 6, 2006

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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature

French term or phrase: dont le chef de brigade ou de division ceint les feuilles

from a description in La Dragonne of how one makes a strap for a saber.

il avait utilisé le ruban de soie rose déteinte dún scapulaire vendéen, et découpé - selon la formule du fruit de l'arbre dont le chef de brigade ou de division ceint les feuilles - la silhouette obscène des deux coeurs rouges.

i am not sure what is being encircled/ girded in this sentence.

Tegan Raleigh
United States

English translation:whose leaves the brigade or division commander bears/wears

Explanation:
My Larousse F>E also has ceindre in the sense of assume (crown, priestly robes) or don (sash), so perhaps the coimmanders have leaves as insignia.

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whose leaves the brigade or division commander bears/wears

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whose leaves the brigade or division commander bears/wears

Explanation:
My Larousse F>E also has ceindre in the sense of assume (crown, priestly robes) or don (sash), so perhaps the coimmanders have leaves as insignia.

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