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PAVIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pavis mean?
• PAVIS (noun)
The noun PAVIS has 1 sense:
1. (Middle Ages) a large heavy oblong shield protecting the whole body; originally carried but sometimes set up in permanent position
Familiarity information: PAVIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Middle Ages) a large heavy oblong shield protecting the whole body; originally carried but sometimes set up in permanent position
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
pavis; pavise
Hypernyms ("pavis" is a kind of...):
buckler; shield (armor carried on the arm to intercept blows)
Domain category:
Dark Ages; Middle Ages (the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance)
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