baldric
or bal·drick
a belt, sometimes richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip, supporting a sword, horn, etc.
Origin of baldric
1Other 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-MelvilleIn 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-MelvilleIf 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 CalthropHe has a sheaf of peacock arrows in his belt; across his shoulder is a green baldrick to carry a horn.
English Costume | Dion Clayton CalthropAnd I love his father—the old man gave me this baldrick and this horn, which I warrant cost many a kreutzer.
Anne of Geierstein, Volume I (of 2) | Sir Walter Scott
British Dictionary definitions for baldric
/ (ˈbɔːldrɪk) /
a wide silk sash or leather belt worn over the right shoulder to the left hip for carrying a sword, etc
Origin of baldric
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