targe
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of targe
before 1000; Middle English < Old French < Old Norse targa round shield; cognate with Old High German zarga rim, ring; replacing Old English targe, targa < Old Norse
Example Sentences
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He ran as much as he has all season on a night when he had to, and he was as on targe with his passes, which was needed on so many third- and fourth-down plays.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 29, 2019
He then the horrid countenance mark'd, Bright from the brazen targe his left arm bore, Reflected.
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by J. J. Howard
Swiftly sped the arrow toward the noble targe: too truly was it aimed.
From Hero Tales by James Baldwin
Say rather, from marge to blue marge The whole sky grew his targe With the sun's self for visible boss, While an Arm ran across Which the earth heaved beneath like a breast!
From Browning's Shorter Poems by Franklin T. (Franklin Thomas) Baker
It has always belonged to the Mackhais ever since they conquered the Mackalps, and took it with claymore and targe.
From Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai by George Manville Fenn
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