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
Li cinc frere paien i mainent grant huée, Il keurent par accort, chascuns tenoit l'espée, Et une forte targe à son col acolée.
From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by Saintsbury, George
What station will best please thee in this fight To ground the targe and stablish thine array?
From The Rhesus of Euripedes by Euripedes
His targe and horse-trapping displayed a profusion of silver crosses and devices, and he looked a stately and martial warrior, curvetting at the head of his troop of well-appointed lancers.
From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis
It is another allegory, descriptive of an encounter between Cupid and Reason, who is defended by a golden targe or shield from the attacks of love.
From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various
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