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baldric

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bal·dric  (bôldrk)
n.
A belt, usually of ornamented leather, worn across the chest to support a sword or bugle.
[Middle English baudrik, from Old French baudre and from Middle High German balderich.]
baldric [ˈbɔːldrɪk]
n
(Military / Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) a wide silk sash or leather belt worn over the right shoulder to the left hip for carrying a sword, etc
[from Old French baudrei, of Frankish origin]
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Noun1.baldricbaldric - a wide (ornamented) belt worn over the right shoulder to support a sword or bugle by the left hip
baldrick
belt - a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist)


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It was D'Artagnan's sword, which, slipping from his baldric, had fallen on the sonorous flooring.
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They were armed with crooked sabres, having the hilt and baldric inlaid with gold, and matched with Turkish daggers of yet more costly workmanship.
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On this he gave Ajax a silver-studded sword with its sheath and leathern baldric, and in return Ajax gave him a girdle dyed with purple.
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