pavise

[Pa*vise]

(Middle Ages) a large heavy oblong shield protecting the whole body; originally carried but sometimes set up in permanent position

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A large shield covering the whole body, carried by a pavisor, who sometimes screened also an archer with it.

Noun
(Middle Ages) a large heavy oblong shield protecting the whole body; originally carried but sometimes set up in permanent position


n.
A large shield covering the whole body, carried by a pavisor, who sometimes screened also an archer with it.


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.

A large shield covering the whole body, carried by a pavisor, who sometimes screened also an archer with it.

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