baldric
noun
a belt, sometimes richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip, supporting a sword, horn, etc.
baldrick
-
a variation of
baldric.
Example Sentences
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He swung his baldrick in front of him, and, lifting the horn to his Ups, began to blow a recheat There was a single note from one of the lymeis.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
The Questing Beast and King Pellinore put their heads together and sent some of their most perfect fewmets, wrapped up in the green leaves of spring, in a golden horn with a red velvet baldrick.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Paide for a baldrick for the fift bell, is. viiid.
From Notes and Queries, Vol. III, Number 86, June 21, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Various
It was D'Artagnan's sword, which, slipping from his baldrick, had fallen on the sonorous flooring.
From The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" by Alexandre Dumas père
String of 112 pcs genuine wampum, in blue and white variety, exceedingly rare; another string of 16 pcs, shell baldrick beads, one 4½ in. in length.
From American Antiquities Auction Catalogue, January 8, 1898 by Wm. B. Norman
