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
Suspended from aloft hung the funeral achievement; at a later period, even more common, the banner, helme, crest, gauntlets, spurs, sword, targe, and cote armour.210-*
From The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture, Elucidated by Question and Answer, 4th ed. by Bloxam, Matthew Holbeche
A carven targe, with golden shapes aglow, Hung o'er his back.
From The Rhesus of Euripedes by Euripedes
To resist invasion the Picts would be armed with spears, short swords and dirks, but, save perhaps a targe, were without defensive body armour, which they scorned to use in battle, preferring to fight stripped.
From Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time or, The Jarls and The Freskyns by Gray, James
What station will best please thee in this fight To ground the targe and stablish thine array?
From The Rhesus of Euripedes by Euripedes
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