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n. - (Middle Ages) a large heavy oblong shield protecting the whole body.

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  • The shield itself or pavise was large, made of wood covered with skin, and surrounded with
  • Moreover, at the evening's dance, when Margaret and Suffolk, Ferry and Yolande stood up for a stately pavise together, Sigismund came to
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