targe

American  

[tahrj] / tɑrdʒ /

noun

Archaic.

1. a small, round shield; a target or buckler.

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targe British  

/ tɑːdʒ /

noun

1. an archaic word for shield

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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

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

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 Fenn, George Manville

He was striding along zealfully, brandishing his sword, and disdaining even to take off his back the bull-hide targe, though all his neighbours kept theirs in front of them on the left arm.

From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Munro, Neil

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

A thousand such commonplaces as fill its pages, are worthless to the philosophical inquirer, and I no more regard them, than a knight would a targe and lance made of barley-sugar.

From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Inman, Thomas