baldric

or bal·drick

[ bawl-drik ]

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

Origin of baldric

1
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

Other words from baldric

  • baldricked, adjective

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How to use baldric in a sentence

  • It pierced through steel and silk and gold embroidered baldrick; the very feathers that winged it were draggled red in blood.

    Sarchedon | G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville
  • In raising her father's remains she found under them a baldrick in which his sword had hung, embroidered by her own hands.

    Sarchedon | G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville
  • If the baldrick hung with bells was worn out in parts, he cut those pieces away and turned the baldrick into a belt.

    English Costume | Dion Clayton Calthrop
  • He has a sheaf of peacock arrows in his belt; across his shoulder is a green baldrick to carry a horn.

    English Costume | Dion Clayton Calthrop
  • And I love his father—the old man gave me this baldrick and this horn, which I warrant cost many a kreutzer.

British Dictionary definitions for baldric

baldric

/ (ˈbɔːldrɪk) /


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

Origin of baldric

1
C13: from Old French baudrei, of Frankish origin

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