Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Gide \Gide\, Guide \Guide\, n. [OF. guide, guiche.] (Anc. Armor)
   The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung
   across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder.
   --Meyrick (Ancient Armor).

Source : WordNet®

Gide
     n : French author and dramatist who is regarded as the father of
         modern French literature (1869-1951) [syn: {Andre Gide},
         {Andre Paul Guillaume Gide}]