baldric
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- noun
- /ˈbɔːldrɪk/
- Specialized
- Anna handed Bear to Nithe to hold and draped a leather baldric attached to a sheathed saxeknife over each initiate's shoulder, kissing him in the process to conclude the ceremony.
- a leather baldric
Examples
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Straighten your baldric, Commander.
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The Alabama baldric beaded white over red trade cloth called me home.
Academic text (2004) -
This responsibility was recognized by the military belt or baldric, which allowed the knight to bear a sword at all times.
Academic text (1996) -
But that I will hang my bugle in an invisible baldric, all women shall pardon me.
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Its ruffled shirt of silk was topped by a red doublet, a fringed baldric, and a long cape.
Fiction book (1992) -
"That may be true," Ralrra said, slipping his knives back into hidden sheaths behind his baldric.
Fiction book (1991) -
Shan unhooked the baldric gingerly and felt again the sting and prickle of sorcery.
Fiction book (1993) -
Men like Robert the Monk, Guibert of Nogent, and Baldric of Bourgueil portrayed crusaders as temporary religious figures, whose camp was a monastery on the move, whose motive was Christian charity, and whose victories revealed the hand and will of Providence.
Academic text (1996) -
The knight adjusted his baldric as he prepared to draw his sword in battle.
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She proudly wore a decorated baldric that supported her ceremonial sword during the parade.
Synonyms
A belt worn over a shoulder and across the chest to hold a sword or bugle at the hip
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Etymology
Baldric comes from an old Latin word balteus meaning 'belt'. It originally meant a belt worn over one shoulder to hold a sword or bugle, so today a baldric is a decorated shoulder belt used to carry those items.