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PAVIS, or PAVISE

PAVIS, or PAVISE , a large See also:

CONVEX

convex See also:

SHIELD (0. Eng. scild, cf. Du. and Ger. Schild, Dan. Skjold; the origin is doubtful, but may be referred to the root seen in " shell " or " scale "; another suggestion connects it with Icel. skjalla, to clash, rattle; it is not connected with the Indo-Ger
SHIELD, WILLIAM (1748—1829)

shield, some 4 to 5 ft. high and sufficiently broad to See also:

COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover the entire See also:

BODY

body, used in See also:

MEDIEVAL

medieval warfare, as a See also:

PROTECTION

protection against arrows and other missiles. The word appears in innumerable forms in Old See also:

French, See also:

ITALIAN

Italian and Medieval Latin, and is probably to be referred to See also:

PAVIA (anc. Ticinum, q.v.)

Pavia, in See also:

Italy, where such See also:

SHIELDS, JAMES (181b-1879)

shields were made. The See also:

TERM

term " pavisade " or " pavesade " was used of a portable See also:

SCREEN (usually, but very doubtfully, connected with Lat. scrinium, a box for holding books, from scribere, to write; a connexion with Ger. Schranke, barrier, has been suggested)

screen of hurdles behind which archers might find protection, or of a similar defensive screen formed by linking together " pavises," especially on See also:

BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board a See also:

SHIP

ship of See also:

war extending along the bulwarks, and hence in later times of a See also:

CANVAS

canvas screen similarly placed to conceal the rowers in a See also:

GALLEY (derived through the 0. Fr. galee, galie, from the Med. Lat. galea, Ital. galea, Port. gale, of uncertain origin; from the Med. Lat. variant form galera are derived the Mod. Fr. galere, Span. and Ital. galera)

galley or the sailors on other types of See also:

SHIPS

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