dossard means A bib attached to the back of a cyclist's shirt that carries the cyclist's race number. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.
dossard is pronounced /ˈdɒsɑː/.
Etymology
Borrowed from French dossard, from dos (“back (of a person)”) (ultimately from Latin dorsum (“back of the body”), further etymology uncertain) + -ard (suffix forming nouns indicating things belonging to or representing particular classes or sorts).
noun
- A bib attached to the back of a cyclist's shirt that carries the cyclist's race number.“[Bernard] Hinault will also be wearing a 51 dossard, the same number with which Luis Ocana, [Bernard] Thevenet, [Eddy] Merckx, and [Jacques] Anquetil pedalled to victory in their first Tour.”