Definition of Pavise. Meaning of Pavise. Synonyms of Pavise

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Definition of Pavise

Pavise
Pavise Pa*vise, n. [OF. pavaix, F. pavois; cf. It. pavese, LL. pavense; perh. named from Pavia in Italy.] (Mil. Antiq.) A large shield covering the whole body, carried by a pavisor, who sometimes screened also an archer with it. [Written also pavais, pavese, and pavesse.] --Fairholt.

Meaning of Pavise from wikipedia

- A pavise (or pavis, pabys, or pavesen) was an oblong shield used during the mid-14th to early 16th centuries. Often large enough to cover the entire body...
- Hyundai Pavise is a truck produced by the South Korean manufacturer Hyundai. The Pavise was announced on August 29, 2019, in South Korea. The Pavise is the...
- canvas was used as a covering layer on pavise shields. The canvas was applied to the wooden surface of the pavise, covered with multiple layers of gesso...
- pavese (pavise), which was used while reloading the crossbow. The usual team consisted of a crossbowman and two ****istants, one supporting the pavise, the...
- Electric' was revealed in 2019 Hyundai Truck & Bus Business Fair with Hyundai Pavise. And facelifted version launched in May 2020 as 'County New Breeze'. Its...
- construct; this might not be the sort one would use when attacking uphill. A pavise like wicker mantlet. This is probably the cheapest and simplest option,...
- Look up pavisĀ or pavise in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pavis may refer to: Pavise, a mediaeval shield Pavis: Threshold to Danger, a tabletop role-playing...
- to help guide it in combat or tournament. Free standing shields called pavises, which were propped up on stands, were used by medieval crossbowmen who...
- Legenda Aurea, Paris, 1382 (BL Royal 19 B XVII, f. 109). George on a small pavise (Nuremberg, c. 1480) George as a martyr: St. George's Collegiate Church...
- crossbowman from ca. 1480 15th-century French soldier carrying an arbalest and a pavise A reconstruction of Leonardo da Vinci's rapid fire crossbow as shown at...