baldric

or bal·drick

[ bawl-drik ]

/ ˈbɔl drɪk /

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noun

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

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Origin of baldric

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.
Anne of Geierstein, Volume I (of 2)|Sir Walter Scott

British Dictionary definitions for baldric

baldric

/ (ˈbɔːldrɪk) /

noun

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

Word Origin for baldric

C13: from Old French baudrei, of Frankish origin

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