slovo | definícia |
Pavese (gcide) | Pavese \Pa*vese"\, Pavesse \Pa*vesse"\, n.
Pavise. [Obs.]
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pavese (gcide) | Pavis \Pa*vis\, Pavise \Pa*vise\, n. [OF. pavaix, F. pavois; cf.
It. pavese, LL. pavense; perh. named from Pavia in Italy.]
(Mil. Antiq.)
A large heavy oblong shield covering the whole body, carried
by a pavisor, who sometimes also screened an archer with it.
It was originally carried but sometimes set up in permanent
position [Written also pavis, pavais, pavese, and
pavesse.] --Fairholt.
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| podobné slovo | definícia |
pavese (gcide) | Pavese \Pa*vese"\, Pavesse \Pa*vesse"\, n.
Pavise. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Pavis \Pa*vis\, Pavise \Pa*vise\, n. [OF. pavaix, F. pavois; cf.
It. pavese, LL. pavense; perh. named from Pavia in Italy.]
(Mil. Antiq.)
A large heavy oblong shield covering the whole body, carried
by a pavisor, who sometimes also screened an archer with it.
It was originally carried but sometimes set up in permanent
position [Written also pavis, pavais, pavese, and
pavesse.] --Fairholt.
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