Baldric Definition

bôldrĭk
noun
A belt, usually of ornamented leather, worn over a shoulder to support a sword or bugle.
American Heritage
A belt worn over one shoulder and across the chest to support a sword, bugle, etc.
Webster's New World

A belt used to hold a sword, sometimes richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip.

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Other Word Forms of Baldric

Noun

Singular:
baldric
Plural:
baldrics

Origin of Baldric

  • Middle English baudrik from Old French baudre and from Middle High German balderich

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French baldre (Modern French baudrier) , probably from Latin balteus (“belt”).

    From Wiktionary

Baldric Sentence Examples

  • Over his shoulder he wears a leather baldric decorated with the Tailor's coat of arms.

  • A horn with a baldric and the motto "Except the Lord keep the city the watchman waketh but in vain" forms the mayor's badge.

  • At the time of the Domesday Survey, Thirsk (Treske) was a manor of little importance belonging partly to the king and partly to Hugh, son of Baldric. Soon afterwards it was granted to Robert de Mowbray, who often resided there, and is said to have raised the castle round which the borough grew up. His estates, being forfeited for treason against William Rufus, were restored by Henry I.

  • A wide leather ring belt and baldric would also be worn.

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