BALDRIC Definition & Meaning

baldric

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[ bawl-drik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a belt, sometimes richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip, supporting a sword, horn, etc.

baldric

/ ˈ��ɔː��ɪ�� /

noun

a wide silk sash or leather belt worn over the right shoulder to the left hip for carrying a sword, etc

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Other �y��vlog Forms

��d�� adjective

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of baldric¹

1250–1300; Middle English bauderik, bawdryk, baudry < Anglo-French baudré, baldré, Old French baldrei, baudré, perhaps < Frankish *baltirad sword belt, equivalent to Latin balte ( us ) belt + Germanic *-rad provision, equipment (compare Old High German rat ); source of final -ik uncertain

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of baldric¹

C13: from Old French baudrei , of Frankish origin

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Buckles may have been used on a baldric - or sword-belt - and so the mystery object may have been a matching mount.

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On a baldric he wore a great horn tipped with silver that now was laid upon his knees.

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He’s almost 8 feet tall in the hat — a giant in a red tunic with gold braid, white leather gauntlets and a black sash, called a “baldric.”

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He also argues that it is possible to interpret Shakespeare’s 400-year-old works fully “even if I don’t know what a baldric is.”

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And taking hold of the baldric of one of the men near, he made him unbuckle it, and threw it over the Count's shoulders.

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