guige

[ geej, geezh ]

noun

, Armor.

1. a shoulder strap attached to the inner side of a shield.

Word History and Origins

Origin of guige¹

1350–1400; Middle English gige < Old French guige extra strap for shield

Example Sentences

One of the kings-of-anns caught it and tied it with his guige, for which the people gave him an ironic cheer.

From Literature

Nobody can be a maestro without being subject to these excitements, so Lancelot seldom minded when he got his face slapped in a melee about shields cut d bouche or about whether it was a good idea to have a guige on your shield or not Sometimes Uncle Dap was tantalized into beating him, but he bore that also.

From Literature

It is one of a pair in the chancel, almost alike, the only difference being—and here note the evident purpose conveyed in all medi�val symbolism—that one shield, the earliest in the succession is suspended by a guige from a hawthorn tree in blossom, and the later one from 81 a hawthorn tree in fruit.

From Project Gutenberg

The same may be said, when some figure, almost certainly a Badge, was introduced into the composition of a Seal, holding or supporting a Shield by its guige, as in No. 203; or when a Shield, or two or more Shields, were charged upon some figure, as in No. 204: both of these examples, indeed, might be regarded as illustrations of the origin or first adoption of single Supporters.

From Project Gutenberg

Its shape was angular, and suspended from the neck by a strap called guige or gige, a Norman custom of great antiquity.

From Project Gutenberg