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Definition of Pavise
1. Noun. (Middle Ages) a large heavy oblong shield protecting the whole body; originally carried but sometimes set up in permanent position.
Generic synonyms: Buckler, Shield
Category relationships: Dark Ages, Middle Ages
Definition of Pavise
1. n. A large shield covering the whole body, carried by a pavisor, who sometimes screened also an archer with it.
Definition of Pavise
1. pavis [n -S] - See also: pavis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pavise
Literary usage of Pavise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe: From the Iron Period of the Northern by John Hewitt (1860)
"M. Viollet-le-Duc is of opinion that the cross- bowman carried his pavise fixed
on his shoulders, turning his back to the enemy while he wound up and made ..."
2. The British Army: Its Origin, Progress, and Equipment by James Sibbald David Scott, Sibbald David Scott (1868)
"In Talbot's " Ordinances for the Army" in 1419, it is ordered that every " ii.
yeomen make them a good pavise of hordes, or of p^', in the beste maner they ..."
3. The History of England from the Earliest Period to the Death of Elizabeth by Sharon Turner (1830)
"The 3rd pavise, a lady sitting in a garden, making a chaplet; and on her sleeve a
... The 3d pavise had a lady sitting at a covered board, ..."
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