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baldric

or bal·drick

[ bawl-drik ]

noun

  1. a belt, sometimes richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip, supporting a sword, horn, etc.


baldric

/ ˈbɔːldrɪk /

noun

  1. a wide silk sash or leather belt worn over the right shoulder to the left hip for carrying a sword, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • baldricked adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of baldric1

1250–1300; Middle English bauderik, bawdryk, baudry < Anglo-French baudré, baldré, Old French baldrei, baudré, perhaps < Frankish *baltirad sword belt, equivalent to Latin balte ( us ) belt + Germanic *-rad provision, equipment (compare Old High German rat ); source of final -ik uncertain
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Word History and Origins

Origin of baldric1

C13: from Old French baudrei , of Frankish origin
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Example Sentences

Buckles may have been used on a baldric - or sword-belt - and so the mystery object may have been a matching mount.

From BBC

On a baldric he wore a great horn tipped with silver that now was laid upon his knees.

He’s almost 8 feet tall in the hat — a giant in a red tunic with gold braid, white leather gauntlets and a black sash, called a “baldric.”

He also argues that it is possible to interpret Shakespeare’s 400-year-old works fully “even if I don’t know what a baldric is.”

And taking hold of the baldric of one of the men near, he made him unbuckle it, and threw it over the Count's shoulders.

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