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Definition of Rondache
1. n. A circular shield carried by foot soldiers.
Definition of Rondache
1. Noun. A circular shield carried by foot soldiers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rondache
1. buckler [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rondache
Literary usage of Rondache
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Connoisseur by Bonnell Thornton, George Colman, Mr Town, George Lyttelton Lyttelton (1902)
"Specially noted are the rondache of the Gorgon Medusa, a very fine piece of work
by the brothers Negroli, ornamented with a single, finely executed head the ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1855)
"This rondache, found in 1787 at Battle Field, Shrewsbury, ... A fourth similar
rondache was sent by Mr. W. Vernon, from Hilton Park, Staffordshire. ..."
3. A Cyclopaedia of Costume Or Dictionary of Dress, Including Notices of by James Robinson Planché (1876)
"rondache. Rowland^ Knave of Harts ^ 1615. "Roses worth a family." Massinger, City
Madam. " My heart was at my mouth Till I had viewed his shoes well; ..."
4. Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archeological Society by James Simpson, Richard Saul Ferguson, William Gershom Collingwood (1880)
"Illuminations in MSS. of the ninth, tenth, and in the Bayeux tapestry of the
eleventh century, shew the rondache, with its boss and curved lines radiating ..."
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