baldric
pronunciation
How to pronounce baldric in British English:
UK ['bɔːldrɪk]
How to pronounce baldric in American English:
US [ 'bɔldrɪk]
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- Noun:
- a wide (ornamented) belt worn over the right shoulder to support a sword or bugle by the left hip
Word Origin
- baldric (n.)
- c. 1300, "belt worn over the shoulder," from Old French baldre (Modern French baudrier "shoulder-belt"), which probably is from Latin balteus "belt," said by Varro to be of Etruscan origin. The English word perhaps influenced by Middle High German balderich (which itself is from the Old French).