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pavise


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pavise  \Pa*vise\,  n.  [OF.  pavaix,  F.  pavois;  cf  It  pavese,  LL 
  pavense;  perh.  named  from  Pavia  in  Italy.]  (Mil.  Antiq.) 
  A  large  shield  covering  the  whole  body,  carried  by  a  pavisor, 
  who  sometimes  screened  also  an  archer  with  it  [Written  also 
  {pavais},  {pavese},  and  {pavesse}.]  --Fairholt. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pavise 
  n  :  (medieval)  a  large  heavy  oblong  shield  protecting  the  whole 
  body;  originally  carried  but  sometimes  set  up  in 
  permanent  position  [syn:  {pavis}] 




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