Lexicographical Neighbors of Pavises
Literary usage of Pavises
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Army: Its Origin, Progress, and Equipment by James Sibbald David Scott, Sibbald David Scott (1868)
"In the attack of the French and Spaniards upon the Isle of Portland, in 1404,
the English formed pavises, to protect themselves from the cross-bow bolts, ..."
2. The English Historical Review by Mandell Creighton, Justin Winsor, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Reginald Lane Poole, John Goronwy Edwards (1897)
"At Auray he has a scientific general to face, Du Guesclin himself, and his own
archery is useless against the heavy armour and pavises ; but he wins in the ..."
3. Hakluytus Posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... and pavises of Leather that cover all their whole bodie, and so defend ...
and sticke their pavises in the ground, which are unto them instead of a ..."
4. Lectures on Greek Poetry by John William Mackail (1910)
"They are heavily sheathed in bronze plate- armour, with huge crests and immense
leathern bronze- clamped pavises, " like towers," reaching from neck to heel ..."
5. Lectures on Greek Poetry by John William Mackail (1911)
"They are heavily sheathed in bronze plate- armour, with huge crests and immense
leathern bronze- clamped pavises, " like towers," reaching from neck to heel ..."
6. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"Their weapons are Darts, and pavises of Leather that cover all their ... and sticke
their pavises in the ground, which are unto them instead of a trench. ..."
7. History of England Under Henry the Fourth by James Hamilton Wylie (1896)
"DBS CHARTRES, J., 922), is a list of the expenses of the Duke of Burgundy for
the new army in Picardy, thus:—Bought in Paris, 400 pavises and pikes, ..."
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