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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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
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
In woody wold She met a huntsman fair and bold; His baldrick was of silk and gold, And many a witching tale he told To poor Louise.
From The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day by Sir Walter Scott
"By baldrick and shield I know him for a Gai of Starning," said Galors.
From The Forest Lovers by Maurice Henry Hewlett
Thereupon M. de Radisson falls in such fits of laughter, I had thought he must split his baldrick.
From Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
