PAVISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pavise mean? 

• PAVISE (noun)
  The noun PAVISE 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: PAVISE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAVISE (noun)

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 ("pavise" 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)