baldrick

baldrick
A broad belt, sometimes richly ornamented, worn over one shoulder, across the breast, and under the opposite arm; less properly, any belt.

And the bright green belt on his body he bore, oblique, like a baldrick, bound at his side below his left shoulder, laced in a knot...


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  • Baldrick — This unusual name is of English origin from a Germanic personal name, Baldric , introduced into England by the Normans after the Conquest of 1066 in the Old French forms Baldri , Baudri . The personal name is composed of the elements, bald ,… …   Surnames reference

  • BALDRICK —    an ornamental belt worn hanging over the shoulder, across the body diagonally, with a sword, dagger, or horn suspended from it …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • baldrick — bal·drick …   English syllables

  • baldrick — noun a wide (ornamented) belt worn over the right shoulder to support a sword or bugle by the left hip • Syn: ↑baldric • Hypernyms: ↑belt * * * noun see baldric …   Useful english dictionary

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